"In the name of our friendship, we owe each other honesty. We must say things clearly, directly, frankly...Such practices, if proven, do not have their place between allies and partners."
"There's no doubt that historically, America has created its leadership in the world based on trust and power. The damage created by the Snowden case, if confirmed, is above all a wound for the United States, not just for us Europeans, and I think as a friendly country we have the duty to say so."
-French Interior Minister Manuel Valls.
He is right.
He is right.
"There's no doubt that historically, America has created its leadership in the world based on trust and power. The damage created by the Snowden case, if confirmed, is above all a wound for the United States, not just for us Europeans, and I think as a friendly country we have the duty to say so."
-Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino.
And she is right.