EU lawmakers and governments will get a role in deciding to issue a digital euro, the ecb’s Fabio Panetta said today, as skepticism mounts about the CBDC’s purpose. jackschickler reports
Explore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Members of the European Parliament can still stop the European Central Bank from issuing a digital euro, ECB board member Fabio Panetta said on Monday, as lawmakers express increasing doubts about the value of a central bank digital currency .
“There should be a political decision to issue [a digital euro], and then the central bank should be ready to respond,” Panetta said. Panetta urged lawmakers to pass new laws making the digital euro legal tender – implying that merchants who accept digital payments would also have to take the CBDC, an issue the ECB has already broached with“We want to be sure that in any situation, in any circumstance, we will have a framework that would allow all European citizens to pay everywhere in a safe and efficient manner at cheap costs,” Panetta told the committee.
During the debate, Jonás Fernández joined the chorus of lawmakers querying the point of the initiative.
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