Can this affect the price of bitcoin or is this another anti-mining statement?
This would be terrible for the crypto community and I hope it's not going to happen. The number of crypto investors is much higher than the 10% share Europeans have on mining. If mining would be banned now in Europe this would create a lot of uncertainty about the future of cryptos all together. At the beginning of the year there was already a campaign in the EU parliament to regulate cryptos more heavily. All theae anti crypto movements is making investors more cautious and will lead to some of them selling their holdings. After the ban we will see a drop in prices for sure. The last few attempts by European politicians to regulate crypto currencies could be prevented by the majority. And right now it seems that nuclear energy is becoming the main focus again to provide energy in the future, it's one of the cheapest energy sources. This will hopefully take away some of the pressure crypto mining gets in Europe.