Are you suggesting the French government wants their ministers to be spied upon by the US intelligence services?
the us has enough influence to pressure france into it. why, we’re all friends here! wouldn’t want to “betray” a friend, now would we?
My thoughts exactly, albeit not easily extracted from my comments.
Allegedly the major governments participate in a cooperative spying exchange dubbed Five Eyes. Since it's illegal for Country A to spy on their own citizens, they instead have Country B do it and vice-versa. Then participants exchange info in a quid-pro-quo fashion.