'Course it's hypocritical. What is quickly condemned as "bad" in a foreign context is often not held to the same standard when it appears within Europe.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IP...
https://www.unwantedwitness.org/european-parliament-condemns...
The problem is that the European commission loves surveillance and suppressing free speech and they hold the actual real power in the EU.