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German spy scandal - Merkel under pressure? | Quadriga

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May 7, 2015

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Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German government are under pressure due to a spying scandal involving the German intelligence service BND and the US National Security Agency. The accusation: The NSA had the support of the German BND in spying operations that targeted the EU, the French government and European aviation giant Airbus. What did the German government know?

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Alan Posener, former editor and author for the German newspaper "Die Welt"

Erik Kirschbaum, "Reuters" news agency in Berlin.

Ursula Weidenfeld, former editor-in-chief of the business magazine Impulse, and commentator for the Handelsblatt and Tagesspiegel daily newspapers

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