Probably the angle is to find some way to tell the EU to get stuffed as far as opening iMessage up goes. Apple only has to comply with the law. The issue is th

Probably the angle is to find some way to tell the EU to get stuffed as far as opening iMessage up goes. Apple only has to comply with the law. The issue is that the EC is on a high right now trying to see how far they can enforce control over US tech companies, so they might just go back and double down with more legislation if Apple finds a way to comply with the law without complying with the outcome the EC actually wanted.