Some designs are quite decent, but I’m not sure the individuals, birds, activities and buildings depicted, resonate with most Europeans. The individuals are of select member states, the birds might go completely unrecognized, the activities are rather academic, and the buildings of EU institutions? WAY too much self-praise. I would rather see subjects that are more broadly applicable, over ones focused on specific individuals, birds, activities and buildings, like: cultural achievements, landmarks spanning multiple member states (seas, mountains, rivers), infrastructure connecting member states, cultural diversity, cultural values, etc.

It would also be neat if these flashy new notes were actually accepted in physical transactions…

The article mentions the ‘NL Wallet’, the Dutch implementation of the European Digital Identity Wallet (coincidentally also providing “age” verification functionality…), must be an option provided at login to health care providers’ platforms, alongside the preexisting DigiD method. The state secretary denies the first is meant to replace the latter, despite experts arguing maintaining/implementing both would be too costly (given the 61.9 million Euro cost alone, of DigiD last year). It would require ‘Play Integrity’ or ‘iOS App Attest’ attestation, despite DigiD functioning securely without it since 2023.