In October 2013, German media was abuzz with sensational reports detailing the infamous “NSA Affair.” These revelations stemmed from classified files leaked by Edward Snowden, a former CIA analyst turned whistleblower. The documents exposed the covert surveillance activities conducted by the United States intelligence agency on German soil. Among the most alarming claims was that the top floor of the US Embassy in Berlin in Pariser Platz overlooking the Reichstag and Brandenburger Tor housed sophisticated equipment that eavesdropped on the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s calls.
The uproar caused by these disclosures reverberated throughout the European Union. The incident underscored the vulnerability of national communications to foreign surveillance and ignited widespread debate over digital security and independence. This debate was further expressed at the Re: publica conference in 2022, where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphatically stated, “We must strengthen our digital sovereignty.” His remarks echoed the concerns voiced two years earlier by French President Emmanuel Macron, who insisted, “What we now need in every sector, for every innovation, are European solutions and European sovereignty.”
Copyright©Madras Courier, All Rights Reserved. You may share using our article tools. Please don't cut articles from madrascourier.com and redistribute by email, post to the web, mobile phone or social media.Please send in your feed back and comments to [email protected]
