a tale of two gates.

brussels is building two gates for the european internet. one swings open: it lets the state look inside your private chats. one slams shut: it locks your kids out of the feed. same union, same summer, opposite directions. this is the whole story, and you can run the deciding vote yourself.

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prologue

act i / the gate that opens

chat control: the law that keeps almost passing.

hover any dot. click to pin. shaded bands are council presidencies, the engine of every push.

act ii / the vote

run the council vote yourself.

a council text needs a qualified majority: 15 of 27 states and 65% of the eu population. a blocking minority needs just 4 states over 35% of population. below are the current government positions. click any country to flip it and watch the math move.

for the text (scanning stays) against undecided / abstains

states for

population for

65%

blocking minority (4 states + 35% pop)

35%

act iii / the gate that closes

the age wall is going up, country by country.

act iv / caught between the gates

the ctg. take

epilogue / one number

notes / methodology