German spy scandal - Merkel under pressure? | Quadriga
- 9 years ago
Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German government are under pressure due to a spying scandal involving the German intelligence service BND and the US National Security Agency. The accusation: The NSA had the support of the German BND in spying operations that targeted the EU, the French government and European aviation giant Airbus. What did the German government know?
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Guests:
Alan Posener, former editor and author for the German newspaper "Die Welt"
Erik Kirschbaum, "Reuters" news agency in Berlin.
Ursula Weidenfeld, former editor-in-chief of the business magazine Impulse, and commentator for the Handelsblatt and Tagesspiegel daily newspapers
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Tell us what you think: quadriga(at)dw.de
Guests:
Alan Posener, former editor and author for the German newspaper "Die Welt"
Erik Kirschbaum, "Reuters" news agency in Berlin.
Ursula Weidenfeld, former editor-in-chief of the business magazine Impulse, and commentator for the Handelsblatt and Tagesspiegel daily newspapers
More Quadriga discussions: http://www.dw.de/program/quadriga/s-7296-9798