Nope, the German government actually considered that case closed - "no rights were violated" is an approximation of the statement they issued.
NOW this eloquent girl representing my home country changes her attitude and there's a big 'HOW COULD THEY' going around. Before that? Not so much.
So she's now (ignoring the gazillion other reasons) fueling gags about her finally realizing that she's part of 'the German people'. Sarcastic publications claim (in jest, of course) that Merkel is 'outraged to be treated like a common German'.
Bottom line: Crappy government, they didn't care a damn before and needed to be directly targeted to wake up.
That's about as 'outraged' as they can get isn't it?
Personal phone calls make sense, when the spying is personal.