I just left the room where we had negotiations about the digital identity—and I have bad news. The member states and the European Parliament came to an agreement. That means that probably not far from now, the digital identity will be [in] effect in the European Union. Right after this agreement, Commissioner Breton said, “
Now, we have the digital identity wallet; we have to put something in it
.” And what he meant was the digital Euro, also known as a
central bank digital currency.
And this is a very bad development. They always promise us not to make this connection. And even a lot of experts, privacy experts, and security experts, warned also last week [that] this is a very bad idea for our privacy and our freedom
. And still, this digital identity is pushed through.
MEP Roos offered a glimmer of hope in a call to action, urging voters to write their representatives:
But it’s not too late because we still have to vote on this in the plenary (meeting). So what you can do: send your MEP from your member state an email and tell him or tell her that you are against this tool.