Regions and cities welcome the European Digital Identity Wallet
Channel: EPPGroup CoR
Date: 21/10/2021

Regions and cities welcome the European Digital Identity Wallet but point out the need for strong safeguards.

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has backed the idea of a European Digital Identity Wallet, which should enable citizens to prove their identity all across the European Union allowing them access both commercial and public services online. Members adopted  an opinion drafted by Mark Weinmeister, Secretary of State for European Affairs of the Land of Hesse, in which they suggest that this could become a concrete element of European identity that every EU citizen is aware of. However, the opinion also points out that the use of digital identity should remain voluntary and underlines it needs to be sufficiently reinforced against the risk of cyberattacks.