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Almost One-Third of Germans See US as Unreliable Ally

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A survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center revealed that almost one-third of Germans do not consider the United States to be a reliable ally.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Almost one-third of Germans do not consider the United States to be a reliable ally, a survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center revealed.

More than one in ten Germans think that US monitoring of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's communications was the most important event in the bilateral ties between the two countries over the past 75 years, according to the opinion poll.

Meanwhile, over 70 percent of those surveyed in the United States said Berlin was a reliable ally of Washington.

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Germany-US relations were put to the test in June 2013 after classified documents, leaked by US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, revealed that the United States was eavesdropping on its European allies, including spying on Merkel's personal cell phone.

In November 2013, German government announced that the country's politicians would use encrypted phones due to the increased cybersecurity concerns.

The spying scandal worsened in July 2014, when the disclosure of two suspected US spies in Germany prompted Chancellor Merkel to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country.

Earlier on Thursday, the German intelligence agency BND reportedly reduced data sharing with its US counterpart, the NSA, following the scandal.

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