EU-US: The real transatlantic confidence crisis

Viewed from Europe, the NSA spying scandal is eroding US credibility and standing. But from the other side of the Atlantic, it is the EU’s continuing inability to solve the economic crisis that is worrying American decision-makers.

In the meantime, US intelligence chiefs told Congress on the 29 October 2013 that European allies gather data for them and that they also try to spy on top leaders.

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ESO: Information Guide: Euroscepticism http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-euroscepticism/

ESO: Background information: Merkel's phone tapped by the US, Germany claims http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkels-phone-tapped-by-the-us-germany-claims/

ESO: Background information: France summons US ambassador over 'spying' http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-summons-us-ambassador-over-spying/

European Parliament: Press Release, 28.10.13: Claude Moraes: "Fact-finding on surveillance in Washington is important" http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20131025STO23143/html/Claude-Moraes-Fact-finding-on-surveillance-in-Washington-is-important

EurActiv, 29.10.13: Bundestag wants to question Snowden over US eavesdropping http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/bundestag-wants-question-snowden-news-531375

EUObserver, 29.10.13: US to 'review' spying activities amid European outrage http://euobserver.com/foreign/121926

EUObserver, 30.10.13: Europeans spy just as much, US intelligence chiefs say http://euobserver.com/foreign/121941

Deutsche Welle, 30.10.13: German officials head to White House to address spying reports http://dw.de/p/1A9FE

Deutsche Welle, 30.10.13: US to make U-turn in NSA spying scandal? http://dw.de/p/1A8qs

Deutsche Welle, 30.10.13: For US, 'the age of easy hypocrisy is over' http://dw.de/p/1A8k0

BBC News, 30.10.13: Germany's Merkel sends intelligence delegation to US http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24740284

Euro|Topics, 29.10.13: Obama puts secret services under review http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2013-10-29-Obama-puts-secret-services-under-review

Deutsche Welle, 31.10.13: Is Germany also spying on Washington? http://dw.de/p/1A9O8

Spiegel Online International, 29.10.13: NSA Scandal: Parliamentary Spying Inquiry Poses Challenges http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/germany-faces-challenges-in-investigating-nsa-spying-a-930639.html

Spiegel Online International, 28.10.13: US on Spying Scandal: 'Allies Aren't Always Friends' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-commentators-defend-nsa-surveillance-of-allied-leaders-a-930410.html

Euro|Topics, 30.10.13: NSA defends spying attacks http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2013-10-30-NSA-defends-spying-attacks

BBC News, 01.11.13: Ex-NSA man Edward Snowden meets German MP http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24770430

Deutsche Welle, 31.10.13: Snowden visited by German parliamentarian Ströbele in Moscow http://dw.de/p/1A9uI

Spiegel Online International, 31.10.13: NSA Blowback: Counterespionage Pushed to Step Up http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-counterintelligence-pushed-to-do-more-to-fight-nsa-spying-a-931135.html

Blog: Reuters: Mark Leonard, 31.10.13: The NSA and the weakness of American power http://blogs.reuters.com/mark-leonard/2013/10/31/the-nsa-and-the-weakness-of-american-power/

Euro|Topics, 31.10.13: NSA spying on Internet companies http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2013-10-31-NSA-spying-on-Internet-companies

Gazeta Wyborcza, 04.11.13: Despite the spying, we’re still family (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/4293221-despite-spying-we-re-still-family

Euro|Topics, 04.11.13: US should cut down on spying http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2013-11-04-US-should-cut-down-on-spying

Deutsche Welle, 06.11.13: No interrogation of Snowden in Germany for now, parliamentary panel says http://dw.de/p/1AD45

Deutsche Welle, 26.11.13: US charm offensive in Europe has its limits http://dw.de/p/1AOmp

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