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http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-parliament-divided-over-snowden-subpoena-in-nsa-investigation-a-964293.html http://www.spiegel.de/internation
by pdkl95 13y ago
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-parliament-divided-over-snowden-subpoena-in-nsa-investigation-a-964293.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-parliamen...
Germany is still undecided on this matter today. While I (strongly) suspect Merkel would attempt to be decent about this, according to this article, even she has to play politics first:
"His testimony, [Merkel] continues, 'will continue to deepen anti-American sentiment in Germany and elsewhere in Europe' ... Partly for that reason, Merkel decided early on not to grant Snowden asylum in Germany. Her fear of a clash with the US is just as great as her concern over a potentially divisive domestic political debate."
And later:
"[Extradition], though, is an impossibility from the perspective of Merkel's conservatives. 'Were Snowden to come to Germany,' says conservative domestic policy spokesman Stephan Mayer, 'then the government, in my opinion, would be required to accede to the legally unobjectionable extradition request from the US.' A final decision in this hypothetical could ultimately lie with the judiciary."