Euro area finance ministers took stock, on Monday 16 January, of the ECB-led project to create a digital euro, reaffirming their political support for the stakeholders involved at European and national level.
In a statement adopted on the same day, they set out a number of major principles to guide the continuation of the work, while the Governing Council of the Frankfurt monetary institute is expected to decide in the autumn whether or not to enter the implementation phase of the project.