EU out of all places? Why?

with EU having a stronghold on digital privacy and forcing companies like apple to give them a backdoor to encryption and other mass surveillance state activities, it seems like a terrible move.

remember, Proton coughed up the IP of a French activist while on ProtonVPN. if they wanted to be transparent they would publish examples of what they give up when you're hit with a legal request like Signal.

i may be retarded but couldn't they have picked Sweden or some adjacent country instead?