You have no idea what you are talking about, really. We don’t "frequently" pass such laws. Nobody is accessing private messages, even if there have been such attempts.

The EU has still the strongest privacy laws world wide, and in contrast to others a strong ethical foundation. It may be slow, it may be torn, it may be overly beaurocratic, but sure enough not authoritarian.

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mytailorisrich an hour ago | parent | next [-]

France is routinely criticised for its police, justice system, and rule of law. In general only the French believe that they are a shining beacon. [1]

[1] https://worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index/country/Fr...

	▲	prmoustache 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think the french as a whole believe that. A lot of people in France are highly critical of the way the current government (and how it is more and more far right leaning) has been handling things in the last decade. There is a big issue of the police forces syndicates being highly far right biased which doesn't help. Like many countries, it is not homogeneous.

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antievropean an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Two words: chat control

	▲	prmoustache 21 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		https://www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/2030171/end-of-chat...
	▲	Aldipower an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Defeated! (At least for now...)