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Belgium
Belgium has a compulsory eID card and the itsme app, used widely for logins. Its national EU wallet, MyGov.be, is at pilot stage. As an euro-area member it is covered by the digital euro project, now in EU lawmaking.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Belgium
- Program
- eID card; itsme; MyGov.be wallet (BOSA)
- Status
- Used by most adults
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- EU Regulation 2024/1183 (national implementing law not found)
The EUDI wallet tracker lists Belgium as closed pilot, with MyGov.be (FPS BOSA) announced as a digital key on 15 September 2025. itsme is expected to join the EU wallet system. The government chose Zetes to add qualified e-signatures to MyGov.be (reported July 2026). I did not find a Belgian implementing law. EU Regulation 2024/1183 requires every member state to offer citizens a digital identity wallet by the end of 2026.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- In development
- Name
- Digital euro
Euro-area member. The ECB says it is preparing a possible first issuance during 2029, with a pilot planned for 2027, and assumes EU law is adopted in 2026. The European Parliament voted on 9 July 2026 to open talks with the Council; no final law is confirmed.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-07-09Rolling it out
The European Parliament voted 416 to 169 to open talks with the Council on the digital euro law. Sofia Globe — European Parliament votes to open negotiations on the digital euro ↗
- 2025-09-15Rolling it out
BOSA announced MyGov.be as a digital key for online government services. iGrant EUDI Wallet Tracker — Belgium ↗
UN and WHO
How Belgium has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 81.1 · rank 18 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the -4 adds up
- -1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
- -1Government digital ID used by most adults source ↗
- -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
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