RTL Nieuws journalist Daniel Verlan from the Netherlands has joined the secret online video conference of the EU defense ministers. “Invasion” amused viewers on both sides of the screen, but the media employee was reminded of criminal liability.
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As writes on November 21 «Lenta.ru», the unplanned intrusion of a journalist into the meeting caused laughter from both the editorial staff and the meeting participants.
– Hello how are you doing? – such a phrase at the conference was greeted by the journalist.
– Hi, everything is fine, and you?
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– Are you aware that you have joined the secret conference of EU ministers? – the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell asked the “guest”.
– Yes I know. Sorry, I’m a journalist from the Netherlands. Sorry to interrupt your meeting, I’m already leaving! – answered the journalist.
“Do you know you just committed a crime? – clarified from the other side of the screen.
– Yes, I know, bye! – confirmed Verlan, to which he was followed by a desire to leave the meeting as soon as possible before the police arrived.
IN Twitter the journalist wrote that “I was a little shocked that it worked. Didn’t expect there would be no other form of security or verification. “
Later it became known that the negligence of the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Ankh Beyleveld helped the journalist to get to the meeting. She posted on Twitter a photo showing a monitor with a login and part of the password (without one symbol) for the meeting. The journalist picked up the missing symbol himself.
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