Two years after the launch of the investigation phase on the issuance of a digital euro by the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union will, in the coming months, examine the Proposal for a Regulation establishing the digital euro as central bank digital currency. Having regard to the particular importance of the digital euro for the fundamental rights to privacy and to the protection of personal data, the European Commission requested that the EDPB and the EDPS issue a Joint Opinion on this Proposal.
