German For Min summons U.S. ambassador over Merkel phone tapping

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German For Min summons U.S. ambassador over Merkel phone tapping

Germany's Foreign Minister has summoned the United States' ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, to discuss information obtained by Berlin that the U.S. may have monitored Angela Merkel's mobile phone, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
   
The move comes a day after Merkel called President Barack Obama to demand immediate clarification and told him if such surveillance had taken place it amounted to a "grave breach of trust".

This as leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), Sigmar Gabriel, said  it would be hard to imagine agreeing a free trade deal with the United States if the U.S. was infringing citizen's rights and privacy.
   
The SPD and Merkel's conservatives are currently engaged in talks on building a new coalition government.


 
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