Foreign Policy cites the Atlantic Council for hosting a conference call with Annette Heuser, the executive director of the Bertelsmann Foundation:
Across Berlin, there is a growing chorus, including in Merkel’s own party, to stop negotiations with the United States over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The fact that even moderate voices in Germany feel the spying scandal justifies such an extreme response “is really worrisome,” Annette Heuser, the executive director of the Bertelsmann Foundation, said in a conference call organized by the Atlantic Council. Any hope that the deal could be finalized by the end of 2016, before President Barack Obama leaves office, has been dashed, she said.