EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one board

Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by signatoremo on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:09PM (#50486474)

Any talks about physical sovereignty? Why do EU let its auto industry struggle against Chinese EVs? What about electronic products? Why can Europe wean off foreign energy such as from US or Middle East or Russia?

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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by swiftcoder on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:37PM (#50486887)

> Why do EU let its auto industry struggle against Chinese EVs? What about electronic products? Why can Europe wean off foreign energy such as from US or Middle East or Russia?

Your two goals are fundamentally at odds with each other: cheap Chinese solar panels and EVs are the only realistic route to energy independence.

That many of the EU car manufacturers bet hard against the EV transition, is pretty much a bed of their own making.

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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by eternauta3k on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:49PM (#50487089)

Why should China buy our chips / other 1000 exports if we refuse to buy their cars?

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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by oblio on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:31PM (#50487728)

I have bad news for you, China doesn't import much these days, except for raw resources.

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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by preisschild on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:32PM (#50487746)

Why should people be forced to only choose from a limited amount of suppliers?

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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by InsidiousWombat on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:21PM (#50488429)

EU car industry languished in safety too long, focusing on how to bump the price of cars up and up while having them less and less reliable.

It can't survive honest competition, let alone one that also benefits from lower costs

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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by spwa4 on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:35PM (#50491701)

> Any talks about physical sovereignty?

You mean about the 3.5 wars Europe is directly involved in? Up from 2 three years ago.

Ukraine - Russia

Russia - Black Sea EU member states (esp. Bulgaria, but also Greece)

Turkey - Greece

Russia - Georgia (kind of)

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