By Jaime Ortega.
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel used her first statement of the 2014 term before the Bundestag government to narrow down the response of the last speech of U.S. President Barak Obama , who recently guaranteed that “while [ Obama ] is president ” we will spy on senior German officials, but will continue allowing U.S. intelligence agencies to handle the ‘big data’ in Europe with millions and millions of private communications of defenseless citizens.
“Our answer can only be : no, that’s not right and Obama’s address cannot be considered correct,” Merkel said , pointing , “I cannot imagine a better partner for Germany and a better friend than the U.S., but trust is the seed of peace and friendship between people, is the basis of the partnership.
“The damages that follow the principle that all enabling technology is lawful, damages the trust bonds. ” Merkel also slipped a warning threat that ” when there is distrust, in the end there is less security.”
Merkel has argued that the only solution to the damaged state of bilateral relations between the two countries is to stop ‘ espionage ‘ , and the negotiations for now would not proceed any time soon . ” Know there are many who think that these talks are doomed from the start and maybe unrealistic {…} But I think the U.S. wants to continue being considered a friendly country , for their own interests ,” she argued , and finalized: ” I do believe in those conversations, and highly doubt it will impact or reverse their way of thinking.”
Merkel stressed to emphasize the great change that mobile communications and the Internet are making in our society and in our economy , but only if it manages to maintain a sensible balance between freedom and security that can contribute positively to our history.
She recognized the enormous need for security to prevent and defeat any post 9-11 threat, and thanked the U.S. and its intelligence services for the great services the superpower has met since 9-11 in the fight against terrorism.
“But any politician in the world can claim that the facts we have met in the last half year of prevention present fundamental decline in how global security works , “she said , mentioning expressly the revelations of Edward Snowden , a former U.S. intelligence agent .
Merkel , finally, has raised the prospect of the debate and warned that “millions of citizens living in non-democratic countries are now watching closely to see how the democratic world is advocated in cases of threat, if we observe our sovereign security above all other foreign allies, our system offers attractive protection to the individual. “
