On Friday 2 February, the European Parliamentary Research Service published an opinion by political scientist Josefina Capdevila Penalva examining the European Commission’s impact assessment (IA) accompanying the proposal to establish a legal framework for the digital euro (see EUROPE B13211A11).
In particular, the document reviews the competences and legal bases, the proportionality tests and the options envisaged in the impact study.
The author also explains how the impact study...