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💶 "Never gonna give you up" gilt ja wohl am meisten für den Digitalen Euro … Unsere Vorbereitungen für die #rp26 laufen jedenfalls auf Hochtouren. Wer interessante Neuigkeiten und Fragen hat, immer her damit! 🇪🇺
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Europe seeks its own digital-payment systems to bypass US giants Visa and Mastercard.
Visa and Mastercard are global card systems that intermediate payments between a cardholder’s bank and a merchant’s bank. They process over half of all card payments in Europe.
The European Central Bank has been warning for some time that dependence on foreign card networks exposes Europe to political pressure or sudden disruptions.
Why is Europe’s break from Visa and Mastercard facing resistance?
A digital euro, a push for sovereignty from US payment giants and a bitter fight between banks and Brussels are all coming to a head — and the outcome could affect how Europeans conduct even the simplest day-to-day payments.
The digital euro could arrive by 2029 — but a bitter battle between Brussels and the banks stands in the way.
#EU #DigitalEuro #Payments #Visa #Mastercard #DigitalSovereignty
#wero can be used by merchants since November 2025... In theory.
In practice we are prepared to and offer #iDeal but are still waiting for WERO to be offered.
A European alternative with no involvement of #Mastercard and it's War On Adult Entertainment is badly needed after all.
The #DigitalEuro will come a bit later.
Digital-euro against US sanctions.
⚠️ PRIVACY AND DIGITAL FREEDOM AT RISK: Brussels advances towards totalitarian identification ⚠️
🧵 Brussels is accelerating an unprecedented model of digital control.
The excuse: "protect minors".
The reality: a system of mass surveillance that threatens freedom of expression and anonymity.
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1️⃣ 🆔 The Age Verification App: the Trojan horse
On 15 April 2026, the European Commission announced that its age verification app is "technically ready". They claim it is "completely anonymous" and only checks whether you are of legal age without revealing your identity. However, to work, you must scan your passport or ID document, which in practice eliminates anonymity [1]. European Digital Rights (EDRi) calls it a "sledgehammer approach" that increases the risk of mass data leaks and surveillance [2]. The initiative has already raised parliamentary doubts about whether the promised anonymity can truly be guaranteed [3]. The biggest risk is "mission creep": what is presented today as child protection can tomorrow be used to track activists, journalists or dissidents [2].
2️⃣ 🏦 eIDAS 2.0: the mandatory digital wallet
This app is just the tip of the iceberg. The eIDAS 2.0 Regulation requires all Member States to offer a European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) before the end of 2026 [4]. Officially it is "voluntary", but the regulation also requires financial institutions to accept it as official identification by 2027 [5], making it mandatory through the back door. The plan is to integrate age verification into that wallet, creating an ecosystem in which every online interaction is linked to a verified real identity [6].
3️⃣ 💶 The Digital Euro: from "counting euro to spying euro"
The control architecture culminates with the digital euro (CBDC). According to the ECB roadmap, legislation is expected to be approved in 2026, with first transactions in 2027 and final launch in 2029 [7]. The privacy of this currency remains unguaranteed and will depend on what EU lawmakers decide [7]. An opinion piece in El Periódico de Extremadura labels it the shift from "counting euro to spying euro", describing how every coffee or book purchased will be recorded, making it possible to trace a user's ideological or social profile [8].
4️⃣ 🕵️ The final gear: a European-style social credit system
When the digital euro intersects with the verified ID, the door opens to unprecedented social control. The warning from digital rights groups is clear: the greatest danger is not just financial surveillance, but the possibility that the system could restrict access to information or limit your transactions based on your behaviour [2]. The combination of a mandatory digital identity, a verification app with security flaws [9] and a traceable currency is an explosive cocktail for individual freedom.
📚️ References (URLs)
[1] https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/15/brussels-says-eu-age-verification-check-ready-amid-child-safety-push
[2] https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/eu-age-verification-app-privacy-risks/
[3] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2026-001582_EN.html
[4] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/more-secure-transactions-on-the-internet.html
[5] https://www.idtechwire.com/article/signicat-launches-eid-and-wallet-hub-for-eidas-2-0-transition/
[6] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1567
[7] https://htx.com/insights/ecb-eyes-onchain-settlements-digital-euro-privacy
[8] https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/opinion/2026/04/09/euro-contante-euro-vigilante-123456.html
[9] https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/04/23/the-eus-age-verification-app-a-long-awaited-technical-fix
#Privacy #FreedomOfExpression #DigitalEuro #eIDAS #MassSurveillance #DigitalIdentity #DigitalRights #StopSocialControl
#English
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen told major online platforms there were “‘no more excuses” not to protect children online as it unveiled its age verification system it says is ready for rollout. #EuropeNews
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