Scared of what, exactly? The optics wouldn't matter too much for the population, very few people seem to have any "reverence" to either of those countries. The

Scared of what, exactly? The optics wouldn't matter too much for the population, very few people seem to have any "reverence" to either of those countries. The militaries and intelligence agencies also know those are allied countries so very little would happen to punish them if found out. I just can't see any real reason for countries in the EU to be scared of doing it, at most there could be some kind of "respect" but that concept doesn't really mean much when espionage is in play.