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As embassies across the EU check for American eavesdropping equipment, French President Francois Hollande has been the most vocal European critic of the recently revealed US spy program.


The consequences are becoming apparent, as France has called for a \"temporary suspension\" of free trade talks between Brussels and Washington. The French public has been appalled by the enormous scope of the illegal US espionage effort, in which a \"normal\" day included taking an inventory of 2 million French phone calls, as well as spying on the French embassies in the US and at the United Nations.