This feels like a typical topic that the city should determine independently of the government.

It is great that the fatalities decreases a lot, which is understandable since a pedestrian have way better chance of surviving if the car drives at 30 km/h instead of 50 km/h.

They can’t, but that is not the purpose. If the chat control passes then all big services will be forced to leave EU or build in a backdoor. That will give them control over more than 90 % of the population and satisfies their goal. You and your friends are a rounding error. And if you would perform a crime, or are suspected of one, they can use the fact that you encrypt your messages against you.