The official Monero website has some good recommendations. There’s always the option of using cash (etc.) to buy Monero from one of the decentralized exchanges, but you may have to interact irl.

The EU isn’t just one simple entity, it’s doing good things and bad things at the same time. Considering the recent election of the parliament, ‘security’-focused rethoric seems to resonate with the people.

To be fair, conservatives have been wanting this for a long time and this isn’t something entirely new.