In Europe, you can get a hefty fine if you are a public figure and slander someone else without evidence, see the two examples below on the same politician, a MEP (former):
So it's not like in US where the "first amendment" allows you to derail everyone and everything without consequences...
At the same time, EU wants to fight criminality, e.g. drug cartels, money laundering, terrorism, human trafficking, etc... by removing encryption that makes investigation "more" difficult...
And if you think about it, most people use encryption and other security measures not because they are criminals, but because they are essentially "owned and spied" by big tech...
As some douchbag once said, the government doesn't care which porn sites you visit or with who you go to bed with...