Barriers to European Digital Identity Wallet Adoption (heise.de)

• High public demand for unified digital identity.
• Low eID activation rates impeding functional readiness.
• Strategic challenge for European digital infrastructure rollout.

"While a significant majority of German citizens express interest in using the upcoming EUDI Wallet, widespread failure to activate the eID function on their national identity cards hinders adoption. This bottleneck creates a gap between the strategic ambition of EU digital sovereignty and the actual user readiness required for widespread deployment."