This push emphasizes the importance of combating crime, both online and offline, as essential for maintaining internal security within the EU.

In response to these issues, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has assigned the new Interior Commissioner, Magnus Brunner, to lead the development of a new counter-terrorism agenda.

This new agenda will focus on enhancing cooperation among EU member states and improving information sharing to combat terrorism effectively.

The Hungarian government is also emphasizing a firmer approach to combat terrorism, radicalization, and misinformation, both online and offline.

Hungary's EU presidency is advocating for the controversial recommendations from the EU High-Level Expert Group on Data Access for Effective Law Enforcement (HLEG) to become a cornerstone of EU policy.

The HLEG has been addressing the 'Going Dark' problem, which pertains to law enforcement's challenges in accessing encrypted communications from services like WhatsApp and Signal.

EU member states are being urged to adopt the HLEG's recommendations to facilitate investigators' access to encrypted communications on messaging platforms.

However, civil rights activists are raising alarms that Hungary's aggressive stance on encryption could lead to extreme measures that threaten privacy.

Critics, including former EU parliament member Patrick Breyer, warn that these developments could result in a revival of controversial data retention policies, likening it to a 'Big Brother plan'.

Additionally, the EU telecommunications standards agency, ETSI, is considering a 'trusted authenticated entity' to manage access keys, a move that security experts are viewing as problematic.

The EU is also looking to enhance its IT systems for managing external borders and improve decentralized databases for law enforcement cooperation.

These initiatives are part of a broader effort since 2019 to integrate various European databases into a comprehensive biometric super database for security and migration management.