There's your problem. Statism corrupts all.
I agree. However, on the scales of statism, this is a positive development within statism. The very notion that there is a Creator God who judges both the rulers and the ruled alike is the last thing in the world that the statists of Europe want their subjects thinking about. It’s a lose-lose situation for the statists, whereas the worst we can hope for on our side is that nothing gets better.