When a European Parliament official declares that opposing the digital euro means opposing Europe itself, she's not making an economic argument, she's issuing a threat. Imagine money that expires if you don't spend it fast enough, that refuses to buy fuel when you've exceeded your carbon allowance, that blocks donations to causes bureaucrats disfavour, that evaporates from your account through negative interest rates you cannot escape. The digital euro transforms currency from a neutral tool of exchange into a programmable weapon of behavioural control and its architects dare to call this "democracy."
Kudzai Kutukwa · Dec 10, 2025
