The digital euro project was the subject of a lively debate among the MEPs gathered in plenary on Wednesday, 19 April, along with European Commissioner for Financial Services Mairead McGuinness and Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs Jessika Roswall, representing the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Those involved in the debate agreed on the highly political nature of such a project.
However, the question of the added value of a digital euro divided MEPs.
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