The decision to create the digital euro, an electronic form of money issued by the ECB has not yet been taken and its potential launch remains improbable before 2027 or 2028. But it is already the target of a wave of disinformation relaunched across Europe by recent statements by the President of the European Central Bank, Christine

At a press conference on 6 March, Christine Lagarde recalled that a preparatory phase of the project would end in October 2025. Social networks have been inflamed with misleading messages announcing an imminent launch. For Vicky Van Eyck, executive director of the NGO Positive Money Europe, this disinformation reveals a “distrust of centralized institutions

According to an ECB report published in March, between 2022 and 2024, awareness of the digital euro increased from 18% to 40% among eurozone respondents. But the potential willingness to use it is still less than 50%.