Simple: Poland and Hungary are under multiple investigations for turning their systems to "illiberal democracies". Austria is on the list because their right-wing party FPÖ is in control of the security agencies (both police and secret service and military), which has led other EU countries to restrict information exchange with their secret services (https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/spionage-...).
For what it's worth I'd also put Italy on the list, with the open fascist Salvini as Interior Minister they're also not a stellar light of democracy any more.
Solid explanation, and even if I feel that including Austria on the list feels a bit OTT, you've linked to a credible news-source showing that it's a valid concern among intelligence agencies. Shame on anyone downloading your comment.
Without the EU council - the assembly of the countries - saying yes there's no new law in the EU. Therefore, saying they didn't implement this shit is wrong. If they didn't want to, they could have stopped it. They also still can stop it if they want to. The vote of the parliament is not the last step. The council has to agree.
Apart from that most of the legislation that the commission initiates is done because the EU council asked the commission for it. So, the countries asked for this in the first place.
For what it's worth I'd also put Italy on the list, with the open fascist Salvini as Interior Minister they're also not a stellar light of democracy any more.