> The EU is really having a rule of law problem here
pretty much sums up the situation. But judges can only do so much, although not in a sense the Danish minister uttered in his confusion. Judges interpret the law and we regularly get new sets of laws that allow for more and more mass surveillance. So at one point civil liberties in the EU and Europe will fail like they so often did in the past.
Sadly, the strategy to wait until this generation of old and frightful people finally resigns doesn't seem to work either. I cannot explain this shared pathological myopia. Trauma? Idiocy? Special interests?
One thing is very clear, the EU does not deserve a inch of optimism and its governments decided to lead by example and explain why that is the case.