A scandal has erupted in Germany around German intelligence: This could be Merkel's revenge for Minsk-2
Vasily Ablyazimov) – A scandal has broken out in Germany that could greatly damage Angela Merkel’s reputation. The German press writes that the Federal Intelligence Service (FRS) helped the American NSA spy on European companies, the friendly French government and even the Commission EC.
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The super-Merkel-loyal newspaper Bild published a collage of Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, depicted with Pinocchio's nose. The material is dedicated to the machinations of Federal Intelligence.
The press claims that the Fed has assisted the US intelligence agency NSA for years in espionage against the French government and the European Commission. The Federal Intelligence Service's listening post in Bad Aibling was used by the Americans to spy on senior officials of the French Foreign Ministry, the presidential palace and the EU Commission in Brussels, reports Süddeutsche Zeitung, Time and others.
The opposition accuses the government of deliberate misrepresentation. “Parliament has obviously lied deliberately for many years,” the German Left Party said. The Greens also feel let down by the government.
A week ago, evidence of the first accusations was opened. The German press reports that surveillance has been carried out since 2002. In 2013 alone, German media claim, 690000 phone numbers were wiretapped and 7,8 million IPs were tracked.
The opposition from the Left and Greens and the SPD insist on the rapid publication of the lists. Analysts note that such an attack on Merkel could be provoked by the United States itself, since the German Chancellor began to show independence on the issue of Russia, which resulted in the conclusion of the Minsk-2 agreement.
Thus, the Americans are simultaneously tightening the leash on which Merkel is kept, and on the other hand, they are causing discord in the established alliance between Merkel and the new President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, whose election is contrary to the interests of the United States.
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