Give them time. They are still reeling from the Georgia loss.
Everyone spies on everyone else. They usually just don’t talk about it. It’s a fact of international relations and helps keep wars from getting out of hand.
Not only did she grew up, she was a friggin' officer in the East German Communist Military.
No big deal. If a country’s intelligence services are not spying on other countries (including allied countries) they’re not really carrying out their responsibilities.
“foreign embassies as well as international organisation like the International Monetary Fund were not spared, Spiegel said.”
IMF a target? Actually I’ve wondered at times whether various intelligence services didn’t use IMF or World Bank staff as some level of agent. Staff from both institutions travel abroad frequently “on mission” and likely have access not available to embassy types or private citizens on holiday.