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# EU Council agrees negotiating position on the digital euro and cash status
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-19-eu-council-digital-euro-position/
- Published: 2025-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:02:06.000Z
- Description: The Council of the EU agreed its negotiating position on the digital euro and on strengthening cash's legal tender status on 19 December 2025. The mandate requires both online and offline availability from launch, with ECB set holding limits reviewed every two years.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [eunews.it, 19 December 2025](https://www.eunews.it/en/2025/12/19/digital-euro-council-agrees-position-to-negotiate-with-parliament/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish final EU law: Parliament and Council still have to negotiate and adopt the regulation.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)