Merkel blasts US spying, hopes Washington will change tack


  • World
  • Saturday, 12 Jul 2014

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference after a meeting with East German state premiers in Berlin July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel said on Saturday that new allegations of U.S. spying showed Berlin and Washington were completely at odds over how they viewed the role of intelligence, and she hoped German action would persuade the United States not to spy on partners.

Her comments to German broadcaster ZDF come two days after her government told the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country, in a dramatic display of anger after German officials unearthed two suspected spies.

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