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France has been the fiercest supporter of this directive and has made extensive efforts since 2015 to increase the reach of surveillance laws. That wasn't the only vote for today, either, the Parliament also voted in favour of pursuing potential sanctions on Hungary under article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union, which can go as far as stripping the country of voting rights. The incident in Chemnitz was just that and isn't representative of the state of German politics, whereas Sweden's prime party is one with social-democrat intentions. So perhaps let's not make such strong political statements and instead focus on what that piece of legislation means for us :')