Parliament votes to progress plans for European Union-wide digital wallet

The proposal for a European Union-wide digital wallet passed a plenary vote, moving forward with the initiative aimed at enabling and protecting the digital identity of EU citizens and providing them with digital access to key public services across EU borders.

The European Parliament has voted in favor of a negotiating mandate for talks with the EU member states on the revision of the new European Identity (eID) directive. The introduction of the European Union-wide digital wallet framework will move to interinstitutional negotiations after passing its plenary vote 418 votes to 103, with 24 abstentions, an EU announcement confirmed.