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# EDRi says Digital Euro must embed privacy technically or risk rejection
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-07-01-edri-digital-euro-privacy/
- Published: 2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:55:58.000Z
- Description: EDRi published a guest piece by member epicenter.works arguing the digital euro must build in technical privacy tools such as zero-knowledge proofs and threshold cryptography, warning that ECON Committee gains on privacy safeguards must survive the remaining legislative stages.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [EDRi guest post by epicenter.works, 1 July 2026](https://edri.org/our-work/now-or-never-why-the-digital-euro-must-not-fail-on-privacy/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the final digital euro regulation will include these technical safeguards; the legislative process continues.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. law/parts question untouched: opinion only on digital euro privacy design, no institutional decision yet. [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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)