UNPRECEDENTED: EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola Pushing Controversial Scanning of Online Content, Ignoring That EMPs Have Already Rejected the Idea Multiple Times
June 25, 2026
Another EU tyrant on the move.
Leave it to the EU to have a dizzying number of ‘chiefs’, signaling a bloated bureaucracy that has become more of a problem than a solution for the issues that European nations face.
Fasten up for the list: the European Commissioner (currently Ursula von der Leyen/VDL): a ‘member of the European Commission’s College responsible for overseeing one specific policy area (portfolio), such as trade, climate, or digital affairs.’
The President of the European Council (currently Antonio Costa): ‘Chairs summits of EU heads of state and government, drives consensus on the EU’s overall political direction and priorities, and ensures the EU’s external representation at that level’.
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (currently Kaja Kallas): ‘Leads and coordinates the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), chairs the Foreign Affairs Council, represents the EU on the world stage as its chief diplomat, and serves as a Vice-President of the European Commission’.
Hold on, that’s not all. President of the European Parliament (currently Roberta Metsola): ‘Chairs plenary sessions and key internal bodies, oversees the Parliament’s work and rules, signs adopted legislation, and represents the Parliament to other EU institutions and externally’.
While on paper the roles may look well-defined, in reality, von der Leyen, Costa, and Kallas bang their heads against each other.
VDL has suffered multiple votes of no-confidence, and Costa is getting wrecked for opening a line of communication with Russia.
Kallas is getting harshly criticized for acting like a Prime Minister and not a diplomat, and has been kept out of many negotiations.
If that was not confusing enough, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is now facing accusations of tyrannical behavior as she pushes a controversial law on ‘scanning child abuse content online’, despite the fact that this has been repeatedly voted down by the EMPs.
Politico reported:
“In a step that diplomats deem ‘without precedent’, the top EU politician has asked member countries in the Council to approve a bill that her own Parliament shot down in a plenary vote in March.
At stake is whether the EU allows tech platforms to voluntarily scan their services for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The issue has been mired in controversy, with police and child rights advocates and European commissioners arguing that a lack of legislation allows predators and pedophiles to operate with impunity online. Privacy campaigners, meanwhile, have argued the proposals could lead to unacceptable mass surveillance and the end of encryption.”
“Lawmakers working on the legislation now feel Metsola has gone over their heads to invite the Council to adopt a position that the Parliament had already rejected, according to two Parliamentary aides.
Markéta Gregorová, a Czech lawmaker with the Greens group in the Parliament and shadow lead lawmaker on the law, described herself as ‘extremely surprised’ by the move and said Metsola’s invitation is ‘unacceptable and undermines the European Parliament position’.”
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Author: Paul Serran