The institutions that write these proposals in the EU have no power to put them into law, though. Also - I am still shocked how much surveillance there is in t

The institutions that write these proposals in the EU have no power to put them into law, though. Also - I am still shocked how much surveillance there is in the UK compared to mainland Europe. In the UK it's a criminal offence to refuse to hand over passwords for your devices (and encryption keys). That is not the case in the EU, so I find it quite funny that you cite a proposal that would have to go through the parliament first and could still be overruled by national laws, as a good reason for not being in the EU :D