eID: the road towards a personal digital wallet valid across the EU – with Eva Maydell
In this " #SOU2023 3 questions to..." interview Eva Maydell MEP discusses the road towards a European digital identity (eID) with secure access across EU member states.
What does an eID entail exactly, what is the most important challenge to realise it, and how will citizens benefit?
Maydell compares building an EiD to a complex house: “The roof is the the digital identity, but the basis…is the national administrations.”
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This interview was recorded at the State of the Union 2023 conference at the European University Institute in Florence on 4 May 2023. https://stateoftheunion.eui.eu