Digital Euro: Strategic Autonomy in Payment Systems (europa.eu)

• Decreasing reliance on non-European payment providers.
• Enhancing sovereign control over financial infrastructure.
• Ensuring long-term resilience of the Euro payment ecosystem.

"The ECB presents the digital euro as a critical tool to mitigate reliance on non-European payment intermediaries. This initiative aims to bolster the Eurozone's financial autonomy and ensure the resilience of payment rails amidst global fragmentation."