Germany summons US ambassador over 'Cold War' spying leaks, French president demands US 'stop spying

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http://rt.com/news/germany-summons-us-ambassador-leaks-476/

Germany has summoned the US ambassador to the Berlin Foreign Ministry over leaked reports of massive scale US spying on the EU. Chancellor Merkel said earlier that if the reports were confirmed it would be “unacceptable Cold War-style behavior.”

The spokesperson to German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the government wants “trust restored” following the reports.

"If it is confirmed that diplomatic representations of the European Union and individual European countries have been spied upon, we will clearly say that bugging friends is unacceptable," said spokesman Steffen Seibert.

"We are no longer in the Cold War," Seibert added.

(More at the link.)


For more reading:

Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don’t Trust Him.

"Given our history, we Germans are not willing to trade in our liberty for potentially better security."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023136859


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BREAKING: French president Hollande demands US 'stop spying'
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1. Fake outrage and a dupe thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3133113

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2. "Fake outrage", you know this to be an absolute, unquestionable fact? n/t

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3. Euro politicians are just raising hell to suit their voters

They really won't fight the US over this.

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4. If they don't listen to the will of their voters, then it's not a Democracy, is it?

Just like here in the US.