▁preceding ▁six ▁months ▁and ▁was , ▁said ▁Deutsche ▁W elle , ▁" hard ▁on ▁all ▁sides — including ▁govern ments ▁and ▁companies ▁in ▁the ▁EU ." ▁Pres ented ▁by ▁Claude ▁M ora es , ▁British ▁Member ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁Parliament ▁from ▁the ▁Progress ive ▁Alliance ▁of ▁Social ists ▁and ▁Democr ats , ▁the ▁report ▁found ▁what ▁it ▁called ▁" comp elling ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁far - re aching , ▁complex ▁and ▁highly ▁techn olog ically ▁advanced ▁systems ▁designed ▁by ▁US ▁and ▁some ▁Member ▁States ' ▁intelligence ▁services ▁to ▁collect , ▁store ▁and ▁analyze ▁communication ▁and ▁location ▁data ▁and ▁metadata ▁of ▁all ▁citizens ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁on ▁an ▁un pre ced ented ▁scale ▁and ▁in ▁an ▁ind isc rim inate ▁and ▁non - s us p icion - based ▁manner ." ▁The ▁fight ▁against ▁terror ism , ▁said ▁the ▁report , ▁can ▁" ne ver ▁in ▁itself ▁be ▁a ▁just ification ▁for ▁un target ed , ▁secret ▁and ▁sometimes ▁even ▁illegal ▁mass ▁surve ill ance ▁programs ." ▁However , ▁More as ▁and ▁his ▁fellow ▁rapp orte urs ▁considered ▁it ▁" very ▁doubt ful ▁that ▁data ▁collection ▁of ▁such ▁magnitude ▁is ▁only ▁gu ided ▁by ▁the ▁fight ▁against ▁terror ism , ▁as ▁it ▁involves ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁all ▁possible ▁data ▁of ▁all ▁citizens ; ▁points ▁therefore ▁to ▁the ▁possible ▁existence ▁of ▁other ▁power ▁mot ives ▁such ▁as ▁political ▁and ▁economic ▁esp ion age ." ▁ ▁France ▁On ▁October ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁France ▁sum mon ed ▁Charles