NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is seen in this still image taken from video during an interview by The Guardian in a hotel room in Hong Kong, in this June 6, 2013 file picture. REUTERS/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/Courtesy of The Guardian/Handout via Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - German opposition lawmakers appealed to the Constitutional Court to oblige the government to bring ex-U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden to Germany to testify before a parliamentary committee investigating espionage.
The appeal, by Green and Left party lawmakers, states that Chancellor Angela Merkel's right-left coalition government has no real interest in examining the mass U.S. surveillance of German citizens exposed by Snowden, and does not want him in Germany for fear of straining ties with close ally Washington.
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