The revelations of broad NSA surveillance against EU governments and diplomats has been defended by the Obama Administration as a fairly minor deal. It could impact a fairly major deal – a $127 billion trade pact the US is preparing to negotiate with the EU.
With Germany and France both riled by the surveillance, EU officials say that the plan is now to try to conduct the trade talks in “parallel” with the investigation of the surveillance with the cooperation of a US “working group.”
The agreement will significantly complicate the negotiations, but from the EU perspective is virtually necessary to prevent the US from simply stonewalling on the probe until the EU scraps it outright.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that the evidence so far points to the surveillance as an “extremely serious incident,” and that the use of nominally anti-terrorism intelligence assets to collect data on European diplomats is unacceptable.
It is time for some one to start thinking about punishing USA, EU have the chance to do so and while at it they can demand for USA military bases to be closed, it can be the second demand behind the $127 Billion trade.
USA is a bigger market for EU then EU is for USA, USA have 310 million inhabitant Europe not even close, for EU to have a upper hand is for them to start rethink the USA sanctions against other nations if they want to stop trading with USA. Which will not happen, if it did then is the end of what is called "international community".
In the other hand, USA is acting as Israel and its not going to understand any other language but a real boycott. Hence, us government is about Israel and attitude are the same.
amerika=4th reich
What is there to talk about? immediately stop doing it!
As punishment to the US govt, all European countries could grant Snowden either citizenship or asylum. If the US govt can ignore laws about spying, the European nations can ignore extradition agreements.