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eIDAS and the EU Digital Identity Wallet

What the new EU digital ID will mean for everyday Europeans.

By Isabel Marín, BA, MEd

One wallet for the whole Union

Under the updated eIDAS regulation, every EU citizen will, by 2026, be entitled to a free European Digital Identity Wallet on their phone. It lets you prove who you are, your driving licence, university diploma, prescription, age, to any service across the EU without uploading documents to private companies. It's voluntary, open-source, and built on privacy-by-design: you choose which pieces…

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