> At the same time, a counter-offensive is forming in the Council of Ministers and within the conservative European People's Party (EPP). With a politically and legally highly unusual maneuver, proponents of surveillance are trying to bypass Parliament. The focus is on reactivating the already expired Chat Control 1.0.> [...]
> Because an expired regulation cannot formally be extended, the Council plans to rewrite the original legislative proposal. Instead of a simple deadline extension, a formally new law with identical content will be created in an expedited procedure.
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> To push through this new draft, governments in the Council are switching to turbo mode. Since Parliament has its last session before the summer break next week and will not reconvene until September, time is pressing. To shorten the regular process via a Council meeting, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU Member States has put the topic on the agenda by written procedure. The draft is thus to be pushed onto Parliament's agenda for next week in an accelerated procedure to surprise the MEPs.
That whole maneuver is so disgusting and undemocratic. Any politician taking part in such a scheme should be publicly shamed and removed from their functions