This is an issue, but one Europe is acutely aware of and working on. WERO is one strand of that. https://www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-06-23/independence-f

This is an issue, but one Europe is acutely aware of and working on. WERO is one strand of that. https://www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-06-23/independence-from-us-payment-systems-todays-vote-on-the-digital-euro https://www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-06-23/independence... https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/eu-payments-sovereignty-why-europe-seeks-independence-from-visa-and-mastercard/ https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/eu-payments-sovereignty... https://stripe.com/en-fr/resources/more/wero-how-europes-unified-digital-wallet-is-changing-payments https://stripe.com/en-fr/resources/more/wero-how-europes-uni...