| > More than 90% of responding citizens spoke out against such a step. It was a web survey with fairly low numbers: 30,317 in total, which is very little for all of the EU.[1] And of course the results of this will be biased towards people who object to this. If there had been a meaningful number of respondents then it might be a signal of sorts, but as it stands with 28,784 people protesting this is completely meaningless. You can find those numbers on almost any proposal. Never mind the responses are almost exclusively from France, Germany, and Austria. All of Ireland is represented by just 14 people. Netherlands 26. Etc. > According to an ECB survey up to 10% of citizens use cash even for amounts greater than 10.000 € (e.g. buying cars) I can't find this survey. I can find some ECB surveys about cash, but nothing that confirms this. The phrasing "up to" makes me suspicious, especially since the previous claim is already a misrepresentation. Also note that buying a car is rarely anonymous as it is, because registration and/or insurance is usually mandatory. I don't think there are EU members where this is not the case? [1]: https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2017-07/st... |