The report, which was reviewed Wednesday in Luxembourg parliament, talked of the Luxembourg secret service illegally bugging of politicians, taking bribes and favours for access to local officials and buying cars for private use.
Reuters reports that the report’s conclusion is that Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, despite being the minister responsible for the agency, did not inform parliament or authorities about the secret service’s actions.
“We invite the prime minister to take full political responsibility in this context and ask the government to intervene with the head of state to clear the path for new elections,” Alex Bodry, the president of the socialist coalition partner, told Luxembourg parliament.
Juncker, however, denies doing anything wrong. It is at the time of writing unclear if Juncker himself will run in the elections that must take place within three months’ time. No set election date has been announced yet.
“It’s true the secret service wasn’t my top priority,” Juncker told a special parliamentary hearing. “But I did look after it.” Juncker elaborated by saying that he gave the most attention to pushing through reforms and combatting terrorism and proliferation of weapons.
Juncker has been prime minister since 1995 and has been in government for 30 years. Until January 2013 he was the head of the Eurogroup, a conclave of Eurozone finance ministers.
Juncker’s CSV party and its socialist coalition partner currently hold 39 of the government’s 60 seats.
