Why do you think they volunteered?

News is when things happen in places its not expected

Jebus and guns, they dont think to hard 'bout all them there human rights stuff

How much did they pay russia per year pre 2022?

Hey now, we’ve evolved as a society… Theres also professional sports teams

So the right is against it: good

The banks are against it: probably still good

It might stifle innovation: okay… where has that been up until now?

The ECB has already made concessions to appease banks, the digital euro will have a 0% intrest rate for example so banks should still be more appealing to store money in… Not that i’ve seen an intrest rate at a bank above 2% since 2008, but hey… Room to innovate…

Germany doesnt like the idea of potential snooping… So i guess they trust big american corporations more than an institution they have an actual say over?

I dont see a real downside to trying it, other than upseting american companies and special interest groups, and i’d much prefer this to some crypto bullshit