✔ The availability of strong and trusted encryption is a necessity in the modern digital world. Such technologies contribute in an irreplaceable way to our privacy and to the secure and safe functioning of our societies.
✔ Encryption must remain standardized, strong and efficient, which would no longer be the case if providers were compelled to include backdoors or provide master keys. Whatever the technical solution, it can never be safe to compel encryption providers to include master keys and backdoors in their software.
✔ Law enforcement agencies already have access to vast quantities of data via their existing powers. Such access must remain proportionate and targeted. They should focus on improving their capabilities to interpret those data to investigate and prosecute criminals.
http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/document.cfm?action=display&doc_id=51026