| Author (Corporate) | Deutsche Welle |
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| Series Title | Article |
| Series Details | 08.01.14 |
| Publication Date | 08/01/2014 |
| Content Type | News |
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US President Barack Obama invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit the United States, apparently to repair ties strained by US surveillance of her mobile phone and of those of German citizens. Chancellor Merkel was expected to visit the US at the end of January 2014. However, Spiegel Online International reported on the 15 January 2014 that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had in the summer of 2013 promised Gernan citizens a pact which would prohibit US spying on German citizens. But since then, Washington had shown little interest in pursuing such a treaty. Now, officials in Germany feared the deal was dead. This would cause domestic political difficulties for the Chancellor. Euronews and other news sources reported on the 17 January 2014 that US President Barack Obama had announced additional oversight measures for National Security Agency surveillance programmes in a major speech. Speaking to Germany's ZDF TV on the 18 January 2014 the President said he would not let controversial surveillance by US intelligence services undermine Washington's ties with Germany. He indicated that US bugging of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone had been a mistake and would not happen again. However, US intelligence services would continue to spy on foreign governments. The german newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported on the 23 February 2014 that the US intelligence service, the NSA, had allegedly expanded its surveillance of German government officials since being ordered by President Barack Obama to stop spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel, quoting a senior NSA employee in Germany. |
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| Source Link | http://dw.de/p/1AnbG |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, Germany, United States |
