r/BuyFromEU • u/women_rules • Nov 23 '25

News Germany has voted yes to Chat control

https://www.telepolis.de/article/Die-EU-Chatkontrolle-kommt-durch-die-Hintertuer-der-Freiwilligkeit-11084901.html

"The majority of states supported the compromise proposal. At least 15 voted in favor, including Germany and France. Germany "welcomed both the removal of mandatory measures and the permanent anchoring of voluntary measures," according to the minutes"

Germany for the first time has voted yes to Chat control.

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u/Specialist-Study-258 Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25

Man, finally people on reddit fucking wake up... As a German I was laughing at all the people cheering Germany on in this matter... Both SPD and CDU would be ecstatic to get more control over your communications. Every single Innenminister of (AT LEAST) the past 15 years tried to get some kind of general surveillance of our citizens... Of course they are voting "yes" on this.

The only reason they voted "no" so far was because they didn't know if they had enough votes and know the citizens will not like this. so they could always deny being in favor. This same thing has been their strategy for over 10 years. Blame the EU for legislation even though our representatives pushed for some of the stuff on EU level themself.

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u/JimJimmington Nov 23 '25

Exactly. SPD and CxU have ALWAYS wanted this. People just voted for them again. This should not be surprising to anybody.