There is a never ending set of regulations in Europe so they could hypothetically just keep doing this indefinitely.

The vast majority of regulations are poorly enforced in most countries because they require extensive administrative efforts and legal costs, while politics push them to focus on the new boogieman. But if a government wants to find something against you they can. There's a large short term financial incentive with these ones.

No, Meta just intentionally breaks the law because they think they earn more money that way.