Poll: Germans trust in US plummets
Germans™ trust in the United States has plummeted following the disclosure by intelligence contractor Edward Snowden of its spying and surveillance activities, a poll shows.
On Thursday, ARD public television released the results of the phone poll it had conducted with 1,005 random respondents between July 1 and 3.
The results indicated that less than half of respondents regarded the US as a trustworthy partner. The figure was 65 percent before the disclosure of the US spying scandals.
The findings also revealed that 78 percent of the respondents expected German Chancellor Angela Merkel to act resolutely against both the United States and Britain, which is also accused of large-scale data mining.
On Sunday, the British daily The Independent reported that Germany™s Office of the Federal Prosecutor is preparing charges following œfresh allegations that the [US and UK secret] services spied far more extensively than thought on German phone and internet traffic.”
On Monday, Germany announced that it was summoning the US ambassador over the breach in trust.
If the allegations are true, the massive surveillance program would demonstrate œunacceptable Cold War style behavior toward Berlin,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Reports last week revealed that the British spy agencies along with the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) had tapped German phone and internet traffic, sharing its data with the NSA.
The accusations against US and UK intelligence services came after secret US documents were released by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
The American whistleblower has assured that the information he obtained about US surveillance programs will continue to be published.
In the beginning of June, Snowden leaked documents that revealed the NSA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been secretly gathering information of American citizens and other people all around the world.
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Republished with permission from: Press TV
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Don’t worry Germany most of America doesn’t trust Obama either!