European Central Bank – annual report 2025

4.2.2026 A10-0002/40

Amendment 40

Pasquale Tridico, Alessandro Zan, Anouk Van Brug, Benedetta Scuderi, Stefano Bonaccini, Brando Benifei, Carolina Morace, Catarina Martins, Cecilia Strada, Cristina Guarda, Damian Boeselager, Danilo Della Valle, Dario Tamburrano, David Casa, Estrella Galán, Gaetano Pedulla’, Gilles Boyer, Giorgio Gori, Giuseppe Antoci, Herbert Dorfmann, Ilaria Salis, Ignazio Roberto Marino, Irene Tinagli, Jussi Saramo, Camilla Laureti, Leoluca Orlando, Luděk Niedermayer, Giuseppe Lupo, Marco Tarquinio, Marie Toussaint, Mario Furore, Marit Maij, Martin Schirdewan, Mimmo Lucano, Nikos Papandreou, Pina Picierno, Rudi Kennes, Sandro Ruotolo, Sebastian Everding, Valentina Palmisano, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Marco Falcone, Katri Kulmuni, Martine Kemp, Martin Günther, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Lucia Annunziata

Report A10-0002/2026

Johan Van Overtveldt

European Central Bank – annual report 2025

(2025/2182(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22a. Recalls that equal access to payment services is essential for participation in economic life; underlines that the increasing digitalisation of payments, if left exclusively to private and non-EU actors, risks creating new forms of exclusion for both users and merchants; stresses that an online and offline digital euro should contribute to safeguarding universal access to payments and broad acceptance by merchants across the EU, while fully respecting privacy and data protection standards;

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4.2.2026 A10-0002/41

Amendment 41

Report A10-0002/2026

Johan Van Overtveldt

European Central Bank – annual report 2025

(2025/2182(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Takes note of the ongoing discussions on the digital euro;

23. Welcomes the ongoing discussions on the digital euro; underlines that, in a context of heightened geopolitical uncertainty and excessive dependence on non-EU payment infrastructures, the introduction of a digital euro, designed to complement cash and private banking services, is essential to strengthen EU monetary sovereignty, reduce fragmentation in retail payments and support the integrity and resilience of the single market;

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