German Minister: 'US Operating Without any Kind of Boundaries'
Spiegel Online
If EU member states think so, why is there not any kind of trans-European common and joint reaction against US attitude towards EU? Why do national states let the TTIP negociations going on? Why do they not react when USA install missiles and planes on our Eastern territory and interfere in our internal and external politics? If they think the EC and Ashton will stand up for any kind of political sovereignty of Europe, they are wrong: visions of Barroso and Ashton are those of an economic, financial banking union, whose success is measured in numbers, charts and regulations, whatever the societal and political costs could be...
In an interview, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, 60, warns that American spying has become "boundless" and expresses sorrow that approval ratings for the United States have plummeted in Germany.
Approval ratings for Americans in German polls are lower right now than they have been in a long time. The last time this was the case was during a certain phase of the policies of George W. Bush. It saddens me. Even if Obama's initial popularity may have been exaggerated, the US cannot be apathetic to the fact that approval ratings have shifted to such a degree within just one year. America should have an interest in improving them. Words alone will not suffice.
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Approval ratings for Americans in German polls are lower right now than they have been in a long time. The last time this was the case was during a certain phase of the policies of George W. Bush. It saddens me. Even if Obama's initial popularity may have been exaggerated, the US cannot be apathetic to the fact that approval ratings have shifted to such a degree within just one year. America should have an interest in improving them. Words alone will not suffice.
Read more: Spiegel Online