Merkel tells Obama 'spying on friends is not acceptable'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she had made it clear to US President Barack Obama that spying on allies is "not acceptable at all"
Speaking in Brussels, she said: "I have, since we have been speaking about the NSA, made it clear to the president of the United States that spying on friends is not acceptable at all.
"I said that when he was in Berlin in July and also yesterday in a telephone call".
Yesterday, it emerged that Mrs Merkel had contacted the president after receiving information the US may have spied on her mobile phone.
The US has denied monitoring the chancellor's communications.