默克爾支持建立"歐洲版"互聯網

German chancellor Angela Merkel has thrown her weight behind calls for Europe to develop internet services that are walled off from the US.

德國總理安格拉•默克爾(Angela Merkel)支持有關讓歐洲建立與美國隔離的互聯網服務的呼籲。

Ms Merkel’s weekend comments come despite intensive efforts by President Barack Obama to quell European anger over the National Security Agency revelations made public by former contractor Edward Snowden, including documents that showed that US spy agencies had tapped Ms Merkel’s mobile phone.

默克爾是在上週末發表這番言論的。美國總統巴拉克•奧巴馬(Barack Obama)此前曾做出大量努力，試圖平息歐洲對於前合同工愛德華•斯諾登(Edward Snowden)揭露的美國國家安全局(NSA)監聽事件的憤怒，包括有文件顯示，美國間諜機構曾竊聽默克爾手機。

Ms Merkel said she would press French president François Hollande to back the push for EU-based alternatives to the current US-dominated internet infrastructure when she holds talks in Paris on Wednesday.

默克爾表示，她將在本週三在巴黎與法國總統弗朗索瓦•奧朗德(François Hollande)會談時，敦促奧朗德支持在歐盟(EU)建立替代網絡、取代當前由美國主導的互聯網基礎設施的舉措。

“We’ll talk with France about how we can maintain a high level of data protection,” Ms Merkel said in her weekly podcast.

默克爾在她的每週播客中表示：“我們將與法國商討我們如何能夠保持高水平的數據保護。”

“Above all, we’ll talk with European providers that offer security for our citizens, so that one shouldn’t have to send emails and other information across the Atlantic.”

“最重要的是，我們將與向我們的公民提供安全的歐洲提供商討論，這樣人們就不必跨越大西洋發送電子郵件和其他信息了。”

One US company, which refused to be named, said there were questions over the practicalities of how email between the US and countries in this undefined new service would work. Some tech experts have warned that proposals to build alternative networks in Europe fail to take account of how the internet operates, or the continued legal obligation of American companies to turn information over to the NSA, no matter where it is stored.

一家拒絕具名的美國公司表示，有關美國如何與採用這種尚未界定的新式服務的國家之間傳輸電子郵件，尚存在疑問。一些科技專家警告稱，在歐洲建立替代網絡的提議沒有考慮到互聯網的運行方式，也沒有考慮到美國企業仍有法律義務將信息移交給美國國家安全局，不管這些信息存在何處。

Ms Merkel’s decision to throw her personal backing behind EU-centric internet services reflects how politically charged the issue is in Germany.

默克爾決定親自出面，支持以歐盟爲中心的互聯網服務，此舉反映出這個問題在德國充滿政治色彩。