Merkel ally sees growing German support for tough Huawei stance

BERLIN - There is a groundswell of support among lawmakers in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc to require firms that roll out Germany’s 5G network to be free of political influence in their home country, a senior conservative told Reuters on Tuesday.

Merkel favors strict security requirements for the 5G network, but opposes excluding individual companies. She has asked her conservative lawmakers to wait until after a March EU summit before taking a position on whether Huawei can take part. “Only companies that are not at the mercy of their home country can be trustworthy,” he added. “There are already 50 to 60 members of the Union who want such a trustworthiness test.”

Germans should know well what a disaster an authoritarian regime can bring. Why would it still think it can take advantage of CCP's technology advances n protect the country fr invasion? Isn't it too ideal? Is it worth giving in to ccp to avoid getting into the state's hands?

A trustworthiness test shouldn't hurt.

Stand firm against Huawei! Break the CCP regime

Exposing next gen to implicit threats from Huawei? Can Germany bare the consequences? IloveHuawei

If Germany would never allow CCPChina companies to build their bridges/airports/highways, why on earth would they allow Huawei to build their IT infrastructure?!

Ms Merkel and her friends need to realize that the CCP is the world's biggest threat. antichinazi

Don’t trust CCP!

Huawei is collecting data for CCP, under Chinese law, all company have to submit all data to Chinese govt And the collected data is not safe, not only CCP can access, but anyone in the world It's clear Huawei is not an appropriate choice AnywherebutChina

Merkel is a supporter of the China Communist. She is putting national security and individual privacy and safety into risk. Probably Merkel wants to turn Germany into mass surveillance concentration camps.

Honestly no one caring about national security would use huawei

It's silly to risk your national security for only cheap products. Why must Huawei when many alternatives are available? BoycottChina AnywherebutChina

US : spies all communications in the world Also US : dont use chinese technology they will spy you ! (and we won't be able to spy you anymore)

Does the tougher stance involve...bukake?

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