Many people have already heard of national digital wallets like France Identité in France, MyGov.be in Belgium, mObywatel in Poland, in Portugal or Ireland.
These services provide a sovereign national digital identity that will be implemented throughout the EU by the end of 2026, once they have been brought into compliance with the EU eIDAS 2 regulation, which aims to establish the EU’s framework for digital identity. At the close of the year, these digital identity services will materialise into a European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW). However, as with most digital tools, introducing them poses risks, including identity theft, digital exclusion, and foreign interference.
