German chancellor Angela Merkel has thrown her weight behind calls for Europe to develop internet services that are walled off from the US.
Ms Merkel’s weekend comments come despite intensive efforts by President Barack Obama to quell European anger over the National Security Agency revelations made public by former contractor Edward Snowden, including documents that showed that US spy agencies had tapped Ms Merkel’s mobile phone.
Ms Merkel said she would press French president François Hollande to back the push for EU-based alternatives to the current US-dominated internet infrastructure when she holds talks in Paris on Wednesday.
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