but those laws were decided before the December ruling of the ECJ ruling Swedish and UK laws as incompatible with the EU framework, it feels as if the Just Security article only glanced over this.
the political climate is horrible since years (the German minister of interior just published his ugly wish list regarding more power to law enforcement and intelligence services) but the court decision is too fresh to show results - I am rather hopeful that the German surveillance law will not survive, the ongoing cases at the constitutional court have a much better chance to succeed with the ECJ’s expert opinion.
so far the judiciary in Europe is generally a stable defender of basic rights, and I don’t see a real threat for this (notwithstanding that our political caste frightens me more and more…)
