> Why are all European countries interested in surveillance all of a sudden in the last 3-4 years? Something I realized recently is how low the approval rating

> Why are all European countries interested in surveillance all of a sudden in the last 3-4 years? Something I realized recently is how low the approval ratings of European leaders are: - Macron and Starmer are about 18% - Mertz is 25% (only 6 months in) - Von Leyen is 23% This is ridiculous. We often perceive Trump as highly unpopular but he is cruising between 40 and 50%, that's double. So those leaders, according to the numbers, are becoming illegitimate or the system is broken. So we are just waiting for a spark to put the house on fire. Mass surveillance within your territory is really a weapon against your own population, it is not to catch spies (they are trained to evade them).