US-Danish spying scandal a wake-up call for Europeans
China DailyFrench President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a video screen during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as part of a virtual Plenary Session of the Franco-German Council of Ministers in Berlin, Germany, May 31, 2021. The scandal exposed by Danish broadcaster DR on Sunday that Denmark's secret service helped the US National Security Agency to spy on European politicians is also indicative of the many covert US activities targeting Washington's other allies, and China. Joe Biden, who will travel to Europe for the first time as US president next week to attend the G7 Summit in the United Kingdom and the NATO meeting in Belgium, will have a tough time explaining the US' surveillance activities to European leaders, in particular German Chancellor Angela Merkel who was spied on. The anger of European leaders such as Merkel and Macron, though not expressed at their joint news conference, is understandable, as Denmark helped the NSA spy on leaders of fellow EU member states. According to the DR, the NSA is said to have accessed text messages and phone conversations of prominent European leaders by tapping into Danish internet cables in cooperation with Danish intelligence agency FE.
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