Brussels tightens grip on Huawei, Portugal confirms 'Security concerns', Title of this Friday June 9th general. The Lisbon daily reiterates the growing pressure from the European Union on its member states to block the Chinese telecom giant from developing 5G mobile networks. The reason? Huawei’s ties to China’s security services could make it easier for Beijing to spy.
China, relays generaldenounces “Coercive Diplomacy and Technological Intimidation” From the United States, which since November has excluded two Chinese groups, Huawei and ZTE, from its 5G network infrastructure, due to “unacceptable risk” For national security. The motive behind the discrimination, according to Beijing, is the desire to support non-Chinese competitors (Nokia, Ericsson).
“A grave commercial and diplomatic mistake”?
“Should Portugal ban Huawei from its 5G network?” He asks in turn espresso This Friday. The weekly opens its pages with two contrasting opinions. On the one hand, Hugo Costera, vice president of the Observatory for Internal Security, clearly supports:
“I always support any action that aims to prevent the ability of any É
