A digital euro would provide the general public with an additional means of payment in the form of risk-free central … bank money in digital form that is universally accepted for digital payments across the euro area. A digital euro would … strategic autonomy and monetary sovereignty of the euro area in the digital era. It would be designed to have no material impact …

In July 2021 the Eurosystem decided to launch the investigation phase of the digital euro project, which aims to … provide euro area citizens with access to central bank money in an increasingly digitalised world. While a digital euro could … of uncertainty surrounding the design of a potential digital euro, its demand and the prevailing environment in which it …