After the Snowden leaks, the United States has been trying to fix its relationship with Germany. According to previous reports, the German government was furious when it found out that American spooks were spying on its own government. This is why the United States has verbally committed to enter into a no-spying agreement with Germany. However, this will just block government and industrial espionage, so citizens remain fair game.
Media reports confirm that the verbal commitment was given in talks with the German Federal Intelligence Service. Germany explains that there must be no governmental or industrial espionage between the US and Germany, with standards for the cooperation of intelligence services of European Union being hammered out. Although the United States has no problems trusting Germany, it wants to keep an eye on other members of the EU.
It was known that the no spying agreement talks were included into an 8-point program proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany learned that American intelligence services comply with German legislation, with the operators of the biggest German Internet exchanges and the federal government finding no evidence that the United States spied on Germans. Perhaps, the United States just was pretty good at it.
Angela Merkel claimed that the NSA spying revelations should result in the acceleration of information protection agreement negotiations between the European Union and the United States.
Media reports confirm that the verbal commitment was given in talks with the German Federal Intelligence Service. Germany explains that there must be no governmental or industrial espionage between the US and Germany, with standards for the cooperation of intelligence services of European Union being hammered out. Although the United States has no problems trusting Germany, it wants to keep an eye on other members of the EU.
It was known that the no spying agreement talks were included into an 8-point program proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany learned that American intelligence services comply with German legislation, with the operators of the biggest German Internet exchanges and the federal government finding no evidence that the United States spied on Germans. Perhaps, the United States just was pretty good at it.
Angela Merkel claimed that the NSA spying revelations should result in the acceleration of information protection agreement negotiations between the European Union and the United States.
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