Chat control: thanks to a punchy question from the Greens group's @MarketkaG, Brunner was put on the spot for evading Kaljurand's earlier qn on whether he will protect encryption in the #CSAReg.

Sadly, another non-answer: we need a balance of privacy and protection (blah blah).

Privacy: 2+ hrs into the hearing, protecting #encryption, #privacy & stopping #spyware are finally raised, thanks to S&D's Kaljurand. But Brunner's response pits safety against privacy - a common trope of the outgoing Commissioner.

What's more, despite an outright ask for him to commit to protecting #E2EEncryption, Brunner skirts the question. A silver lining? He compliments the Parliament's position on the #CSAReg, which rejected the Commission's mass surveillance and encryption-breaking plans