The highly controversial indiscriminate child sexual abuse regulation (so-called chat control) could still be endorsed by EU governments after all, as France could give up its previous veto. This is reported by Euractiv and confirmed by internal documents. France considers the new “upload moderation” proposal in principle as a viable option.
It is a slippery slope. I don’t know how the EU works but in the US a law can be effectively thrown out if the supreme court rules it unconstitutional. Imposing backdoors would be an attack on free speech and would likely not be favored in the courts.
Same thing here, but that doesn’t really stop politicians from trying. And somebody has to challenge it first for that to happen, which also takes time and effort.
Here in Germany we’ve been dealing with a similar situation regarding data retention laws for quite a while now. See wikipedia. It really is quite frustrating.