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The EU has similar nefarious plans as well, under the Orwellian name "ProtectEU".

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/the-european-commissi...

I wonder how this clash is going to turn up. I would hate this development. This proposal is worthy of the Chinese Communist Party, and I am aghast just how many member states are fine with the concept of a preemptive surveillance state and breaking privacy left and right.

Of course, that is what we get for giving Ursula von der Leyen a second term (why??) She already has a reputation from her career in German politics, having earned the nickname Zensursula (censoring Ursula).



> Of course, that is what we get for giving Ursula von der Leyen a second term (why??)

To answer your question: because the Conservatives just couldn't be arsed to put up an alternative.


UvdL is the last remnant of Merkel's era, her only qualification for such a high job was her blind loyalty to Mutti.

IIRC current Kanzler, Friedrich Merz, is not at all her friend and will complicate things for her on purpose. So we will see.


Also because the people aren't the ones doing the voting. I doubt most citizens even know who she is.




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