France has asked the U.S. and Denmark for detail on their spying practices after revelations that Danish secret agents may have helped Washington spy on European politicians
PARIS — , including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
According to reports by multiple European news outlets, Denmark’s secret services helped the U.S. National Security Agency spy on European officials, including Merkel, between 2012 and 2014.“If these revelations are correct, I want to say it is not acceptable among allies, very clearly. It is even less acceptable among allies and European partners, so I am attached to having ties between Americans and Europeans that are based on trust,” Macron said. “There’s no space between us for suspicion.
“I can only endorse the words of Emmanuel Macron," she said."We have already discussed these things a long time ago in connection with the NSA. Our position in relation to the investigation of the issues at that time has not changed. We rely on trusting relations and what was right then is right now.
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