They do. The BND had DE-CIX tapped for years (and shared freely with the NSA), for example. Compared to the US, the scale might be rather tame, but that has mo

They do. The BND had DE-CIX tapped for years (and shared freely with the NSA), for example. Compared to the US, the scale might be rather tame, but that has more to do with the bloated US intelligence budget than with any "respect" for privacy on the part of the european intelligence services.