There is an urgent need to reign in the @EUCommission as an institution that does not work in the interest of the #privacy and the #CivilRights of #EU citizens.
It has become a force of evil that can barely be controlled or overseen, but drives harmful changes by continuously pushing for sweeping changes in law governing the collection and processing of the data of individuals (citizen or not).
Rule of thumb: if "proposals" are called "omnibus", they're a a mop designed to sweep individuals' rights down the drain, treating them like dirt.
The resources the commission abuses are, more or less, extracted from EU citizens. One cannot defeat the abuse when one is forced to pay for it, for every attempt, repeated ad nauseam, despite protests that may be "successful", from time to time.
Safeguards like existing legislation, or the European Data Protection Supervisor #EDPS are gradually being reduced to laughing stocks. The EDPS gets reduced to an advisory role that gets ignored or outright flouted behind their back, including by the establishment of illegal "shadow systems".
Citizens only learn about this through the tireless work of organizations like @statewatch – and if there wasn't legislation granting a minimum of Freedom Of Information #FOI levers, their hands would be tied, too.
This is a crisis essentially driven by open contempt for #democracy and #CivilRights, disguising as the paramount of democracy.
We're well advised to include the @EUCommission on the list of the groups that despise both – because they can, and because they will not be held accountable.
This must end.