▁Riv kin , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Amb assador ▁to ▁France , ▁to ▁clarify ▁and ▁explain ▁the ▁NS A ' s ▁surve ill ance ▁of ▁French ▁citizens . ▁Spe aking ▁to ▁journal ists , ▁President ▁François ▁H oll ande ▁said , ▁" We ▁cannot ▁accept ▁this ▁kind ▁of ▁behaviour ▁between ▁partners ▁and ▁al lies . ▁We ▁ask ▁that ▁this ▁immediately ▁stop ." ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal , ▁data ▁alleg edly ▁collected ▁by ▁the ▁NS A ▁in ▁France ▁was ▁actually ▁collected ▁by ▁French ▁intelligence ▁ag encies ▁outside ▁France ▁and ▁then ▁shared ▁with ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Germany ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal , ▁" The ▁out c ry ▁over ▁NS A ▁e aves dro pping ▁has ▁been ▁most ▁pron ounced ▁in ▁Germany , ▁a ▁country ▁whose ▁history ▁of ▁dict ator ship ▁has ▁left ▁the ▁population ▁particularly ▁sensitive ▁to ▁viol ations ▁of ▁personal ▁priv acy ." ▁It ▁was ▁revealed ▁that , ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁German ▁Chan cell or ▁Ang ela ▁Mer kel ’ s ▁phone ▁has ▁been ▁" on ▁an ▁NS A ▁target ▁list ". ▁It ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁NS A ▁also ▁sp ied ▁on ▁then - Ch an cell or ▁Ger hard ▁Sch ro eder ▁starting ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁after ▁the ▁Sch ro eder ▁critic ized ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁Ira q . ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁German ▁Foreign ▁Ministry ▁sum mon ed ▁Philip ▁D . ▁Mur phy ,