The National Security Agency collaborated with an intelligence unit in Denmark to spy on top European leaders from 2012 to 2014, a Tuesday report alleged.

Over the two-year period, the NSA used the Danish Defense Intelligence Service’s information cables to eavesdrop on top brass in Sweden, Norway, France, and Germany, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as former German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and former German opposition leader Peer Steinbruck, according to Reuters, which cited allegations from Denmark’s DR broadcaster.

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