As reported by digital rights group Netzpolitik, during the meeting held on July 11, the Parliament threatened to block an extension of the current voluntary scanning interim regulation – a temporary law that enables messaging providers to scan their users’ chats if they wish so – unless the Council agrees to mandatory scanning.

“This political blackmail forces a bad choice and contradicts the Parliament’s own stated position against mass scanning,” former MEP for the German Pirate Party, Patrick Breyer, told TechRadar.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/a-political-blackmail-the-eu-parliament-is-pressing-for-new-mandatory-scanning-of-your-private-chats