IAB Co-signed Joint Letter on the European Internal Security Strategy (ProtectEU)
27 May 2025, 4:28 p.m.
On April 1st the European Commission shared its new five-year strategy, ProtectEU, to address elevated security concerns for the European Union in the midst of a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape.
On 26 May 2025, 89 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts, including Global Encryption Coalition members, published a joint letter to the European Commission, calling on them to address concerns around the impact that the European Internal Security Strategy (Protect EU) would have on end-to-end encryption. The Internal Security Strategy’s focus on encryption will harm the use of end-to-end encryption in Europe, leaving all Europeans less safe.
The full text of the letter can be found on the Global Encryption Coalition website: Joint Letter on the European Internal Security Strategy (ProtectEU)