The Digital Euro: Strengthening Autonomy and Managing Risks

As the European Central Bank advances the Digital Euro towards legal and operational readiness, key design choices today will shape Europe’s payments architecture for decades, from bank intermediation risks to privacy safeguards and the scope for private-sector innovation.

This session brings together central banking and industry perspectives to assess the current state of play and debate the critical trade-offs around privacy, interoperability, and distribution that will define the future of European financial infrastructure.