[kuschku]

Having a unified way to e.g. verify the age of someone without getting their personal data would simplify some services (e.g. youtube) which currently require payment information or a photo of a physical ID and 3 days.

The german eID (and bank cards) already contain a way to sign whether or not the holder of the card is >16 or >18 without revealing anything else (e.g. for cash-payment at cigarette dispenser machines)

Similar functionality being available in a unified way across the whole bloc is something few other countries have done yet and would drive innovation

[ipatec]

Why would you need an unified solution? Why not leave it to the national governments and Youtube or whomever can personalise their checks based on your location.

[kuschku]

Implementing a functionality for e.g. the danish national ID with a few million users, or Luxembourg, or Austria, isn't worth it.

So you'd have support for France, Germany, maybe Netherlands, and that's it.

With an EU-wide ID, the smaller countries profit significantly, and startups can integrate and use the functionality easier.

[gostsamo]

Because it will work for everybody everywhere the same way, which is part of creating a common market, instead of common mess.

[cygx]

> Why would you need an unified solution?

To facilitate freedom of movement within the bloc.

[unionpivo]

Because they would implement for 5 of the biggest EU countries and left the rest of us behind.

Spottify advertised itself in EU for half a decade or more, but has been available in my country for less than a year.

[anoncake]

Because interfacing with 27 different ID solutions instead of one is a waste of effort and most companies wouldn't do it?

[sam_lowry_]

The underlying standards are already international. And their production is spanned across the world.