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Hollande denounces U.S. spying on French leaders

Xinhua, June 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that he would "not tolerate actions that threaten (France's) security and the protection of its interests" in the wake of reports on Washington's eavesdropping on him and two former French presidents.

In a statement issued after a defense council, Hollande denounced "unacceptable" the reported surveillance of France's leaders and senior government officials by the National Security Agency (NSA).

Hollande also called on United States to respect "a code of conduct" that imposes new rules on spying following reports published in 2013 that the United States tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone and snooped on millions of French telephone calls.

According to WikiLeaks, the to-be-published documents are intelligence summaries of conversations between French government officials concerning some of the most pressing issues facing France and the international community, including a dispute between the French and U.S. governments over U.S. spying on France. Endi