Philipp
Mißfelder, the foreign policy spokesman for German Chancellor
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats in the Bundestag, has said that
the German relationship with the United States is worse than during
the most recent U.S.-led war in Iraq because of revelations related
to American spying.
From
Reuters:
(Reuters) – Relations between Germany and the United
States are worse now than during the U.S.-led invasion
of Iraq a decade ago, a leading ally of Chancellor Angela
Merkel said on Thursday, in a sign of mounting anger in Berlin over
American spying tactics.Philipp Missfelder, foreign policy spokesman for Merkel’s
Christian Democrats (CDU) in parliament, said Berlin should bar
U.S. access to a database of international financial transactions
unless Washington promises to stop spying in Germany. The
lawmaker is expected to be confirmed soon as the government
coordinator for U.S. ties.
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