The European Digital Identity Wallet is a major step forward — but it won’t be enough on its own.

A wallet, even a digital one, only contains data that is preloaded and largely static. Yet real‑life decisions — renting a flat, applying for a loan, enrolling a child at school — rely on dynamic, ever‑changing data: income, expenses, tax status, insurance coverage, or energy consumption.

The wallet was never designed to handle this complexity — and that’s normal. The real challenge is how it can be complemented, and who will organize trusted data circulation beyond the wallet.

These issues are explored in a recent opinion piece by Xavier Drilhon, President of MiTrust, published this week in the Journal du Net.

👉 Read the full article on Journal du Net