It seems that this time the EU plans to follow the UK in these atrocious policies against the Human Right to privacy, unfortunately. What a hell of a can of worms your country has opened.

Europe will always welcome you, since for us it's obvious you belong here.

But it's not going to happen since Brits think they're part of the "international" world. And I guess with many thinking this they're not entirely wrong.

we weren’t told what it was before it was too late.

Not that it's different on the continent but you can't expect to be told these things. You gave to gather those informations yourself.