This is perhaps more about intelligence agencies : (we would NOT be in this situation if Patriot Act => Snowden scandal had not happened) https://www.lawfareb

This is perhaps more about intelligence agencies : (we would NOT be in this situation if Patriot Act => Snowden scandal had not happened) https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-europes-intelligence-services-aim-avoid-eus-highest-court-and-what-it-means-united-states https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-europes-intelligence-service... Still, I think you can see how a lot of people might feel more comfortable being spied upon by "their own" intelligence agencies, than foreign ones ? (Since, in democratic countries, these agencies are at least theoretically under the control of governments, which are in theory representative of citizens.) And while the USA (unlike, say, Russia or China), is treated as an EU ally, their unrivaled power combined with their "world police" actions end up chafing even in the EU...