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February 16th, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Germany and France have planned to discuss building up a European communication network to avoid data passing through the United States.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made the revelation on Saturday ahead of her visit to France for negotiations with French President Francois Hollande.
Merkel has been pushing for greater email and data protection following reports about Washington’s mass surveillance program.
“We’ll talk with France about how we can maintain a high level of data protection,” Merkel said.
She also added, “Above all, we’ll talk about European providers that offer security for our citizens, so that one shouldn’t have to send emails and other information across the Atlantic. Rather, one could build up a communication network inside Europe.”
“We’ve got to do more for data protection in Europe, there’s no doubt about it,” Merkel stated.
Hollande’s office affirmed that both governments had been discussing the issue, saying that Paris agreed with Berlin’s suggestions.
“Now that the German government is formed, it is important that we take up the initiative together,” a French official said.
In October 2013, US whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked two top secret US government spying programs under which the NSA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are eavesdropping on millions of American and European phone records and the Internet data from major Internet companies such as Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
The NSA scandal took even broader dimensions when Snowden revealed information about its espionage activities targeting friendly countries and phone calls from 35 international leaders, including Merkel.
Documents leaked by Snowden showed Britain has also been operating a covert listening post within a stone’s throw of Germany’s parliament and Merkel’s offices in the Chancellery, using hi-tech equipment housed on the embassy roof.
The issue caused tensions across Europe with Germany calling it a breach of trust.
Berlin’s push for a no-spy agreement with Washington has not been successful so far.
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