[jeroenhd]

Knowing the EU is behind this, I wouldn't be surprised if the people making decisions about this are even aware of any technology beyond Windows XP.

The funny thing is that several European governments have actually operated certificate authorities of their own, and they worked just fine.

It's so stupid, because the rest of the eIDAS is a pretty good idea.

From what I can tell, this stupid addendum is the result of the certificate authority industry, which were mad that nobody trusts EV certificates anymore (because they never added the security they promised in the first place).