For Europeans, Edward Snowden’s revelations about mass surveillance conducted by the US and the UK beg an obvious question: Do other European countries engage in similar activities? The answer is telling. […]
To be sure, European governments, in response to the Snowden disclosures, were quick to condemn the NSA’s behavior and to assure citizens that they will address the matter with the Obama administration. But that was only lip service, says Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder of the French privacy group La Quadrature du Net:
« In the wake of the PRISM revelations we would expect from all governments here in the EU not only to ask the US for an apology for this behavior, but also to actively engage in protecting us against such behavior. What we see is the opposite. » […]
http://www.dw.de/europe-vs-nsa-know-thyself-know-thy-neighbor/a-17061649