On Wednesday 8 November, the Council of the European Union relayed the opinion of the European Central Bank (ECB) issued on 31 October on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation for a digital euro. This proposal aims to provide a legal framework for a digital euro should the ECB Governing Council decide, following its preparation phase, to actually launch the digital euro.
A large part of the ECB’s vision of the digital euro had already been communicated, notably at the...