French President Emmanuel Macron urged the U.S. to clarify media reports that American intelligence monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European politicians with the help of Denmark.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the information is correct, then that\u2019s unacceptable between allies, and even less so between European allies,\u201d Macron told reporters after a bilateral meeting with Merkel. \u201cWe expect complete openness and a clarification of the facts from our Danish and American partners.\u201d<\/p>\n
The aim isn\u2019t just to find out what spying activities happened in the past, but also to determine \u201cwhich practices are still going on today\u201d in order to maintain trust between the U.S. and Europe, he said, adding that \u201cthere\u2019s no room for suspicion between us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Merkel said she agreed with Macron\u2019s position.<\/p>\n
Denmark\u2019s state broadcaster DR cited a classified report saying that the Danish Defense Intelligence Service allowed the U.S. National Security Agency to use the country\u2019s internet cables for spying on Merkel and politicians in France, Sweden and Norway. Denmark is one of America\u2019s closest allies in Europe.<\/p>\n
The latest spying allegations come years after Wikileaks reported that the U.S. had bugged the phone of Merkel and other world leaders. Then-President Barack Obama promised that the U.S. wouldn\u2019t spy again on Germany during his tenure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
French President Emmanuel Macron urged the U.S. to clarify media reports that American intelligence monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European politicians with the help of Denmark. \u201cIf the information is correct, then that\u2019s unacceptable between allies, and even less so between European allies,\u201d Macron told reporters after a bilateral meeting with Merkel. \u201cWe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n