Podcast

Digital euro: why now and what's next

ECB’s Cipollone and Spain’s Hernández de Cos talk timing and strategic arguments for a new Central Bank Digital Currency

Publishing date
18 June 2025

In this episode of the Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie talks about the proposed digital euro with ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone and Bruegel Senior Fellow Pablo Hernández de Cos. Why does the EU need a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)? How much should citizens be able to hold? How will it affect financial stability and the banking system? They discuss the state of play and why the case for the digital euro has become stronger.

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