The EU has done a fantastic job painting themselves as defenders of human rights. Don’t fall for it. Democratic governments are representatives of the people and proposals like this only further entrench the political ruling class.
Apart from online personal information (which is still available to governments , so not private) they don't hold high free speech standards as the US does. I dont think there's a perception that EU is the pinnacle of human rights protections.
The EU defends human rights with the exception of allowing the US to spy on EU citizens and businesses and allowing member states to sell weapons to authoritarian regimes that are sometimes used to commit war crimes.
It's a corrupt cabal just like the United States. European citizens like to blind themselves to the atrocities by patting themselves on the back when the EU builds some renewable energy, as if it makes up for the wet work committed by EU members in the Middle East and otherwise. It's almost cult-like.
