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Foreign Minister says the EU must identify those responsible and punish them "in an exemplary fashion".
Brazil will now press for a new multilateral governing body for the internet.
The country also plans to present proposals to the UN to protect the privacy of electronic communication.
President Dilma Rousseff has said the incident would have ramifications on the EU-Mercosur trade talks.
The US snooping on the EU means only one thing – economic spying, writes a former speaker of the Belgian Parliament.
The diplomatic row could also overshadow proposed US-EU free trade agreement talks.
In debating Snowden's whistleblowing, House and Senate Intelligence Committee hearings revealed a lack of willingness to confront the roots of anger and violence against the United States.
The surveillance scheme has sparked an outcry in Europe over concerns about privacy intrusions.
