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The German government needs to quickly clear up accusations that its BND foreign intelligence agency helped the United States spy on government officials and firms in Europe such as Airbus Group, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday.

We’ve got to work to clear this up as quickly as possible to know what happened — and what didn’t happen

The German government needs to quickly clear up accusations that its BND foreign intelligence agency helped the United States spy on government officials and firms in Europe such as Airbus Group, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday.

We’ve got to work to clear this up as quickly as possible to know what happened — and what didn’t happen

German media have also reported that BND officials helped U.S. agencies spy on the French president’s office, the foreign ministry in Paris and the European Commission.

Airbus Group said on Thursday it planned to complain to German authorities over reports the BND had helped the United States to spy on it and other European firms.

 

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