According to these findings, entities such as Intellexa, Cy4Gate, Verint and Cognite—whose technologies have been linked to unlawful surveillance of journalists, human rights defenders and political actors in the EU, as well as in third countries with dreadful human rights records —have benefitted from public financing, including EU programmes. We therefore request full transparency and concrete explanations on the following points:How does the Commission currently verify the integrity, ownership structures and human rights compliance of companies that receive EU funds? What was the total amount allocated to such companies, broken down by company and by funding stream, and under which decision-making authority? Were there any control mechanisms included in the contracts in order to prevent the misuse of funds for spyware development? human rights impact assessment, dual-use screening) -?