The German government and the allied forces spied on the German citizens on a massive scale from 1949 to 1968. During that time, over 40 million mail packages or letters where opened and censored. The German "Post" supported this, and over 90.000 phone calls where spied upon per month by 8000 employees in 15 locations.
Spiegel Article (German)
And that is what we are heading for *again*!
Think about it. Vote against something like this!