@sun EU has been playing it like that for years. Pass something generally regarded as good and use that as leverage to pass something bad like chat control. People will then ignore the latter with arguments like "But they passed something good like X. They aren't that bad."

The sad part about all of this, is that it works and the "save our children" excuse also works.

It also doesn't help that EU politicians are usually dumb ones, that failed in their own country. It's a dumping ground for bad politicians that nobody wants at home.