By Helena Freitas ( August 6, 2026, 07:55 GMT | Comment) -- The EU is no longer debating only whether to create a digital euro, but what kind of payment instrument it should become. Make-or-break choices are now at the negotiating table of EU lawmakers and governments, with the outcome of talks on holding limits, fees, distribution and acceptance to decide whether the digital euro gains a meaningful role in Europe’s payments market.Now that EU lawmakers and governments have begun negotiating a common text on the digital euro regulation, the question is no longer whether Europe will have a digital euro, but what kind it could have....
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