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Dutch MEP says digital euro must not lead to Canadian-style ‘social credit system’

Updated: May 10, 2023 at 12:57 pm EST  See Comments

Wed May 10, 2023 – 12:42 pm EDTWed May 10, 2023 – 12:45 pm EDT

BRUSSELS, Belgium (LifeSiteNews) — A Dutch Member of the European Parliament has insisted that laws ensure a digital euro does not lead to Canada’s “social credit system.”

During an April 19 debate in Brussels, Dutch MEP Marcel de Graaff argued that introducing the digital euro must not infringe on citizens’ freedoms or lead to the freezing of bank accounts, as was done in Canada during the 2022 Freedom Convoy.

In Brussels, Dutch MEP @MJRLdeGraaff recently compared PM @JustinTrudeau‘s decision to freeze bank accounts of Freedom Convoy protesters critical of his government last year to a China-style “social credit system.”

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— Cosmin Dzsurdzsa 🇷🇴 (@cosminDZS) May 9, 2023

“Citizens’ greatest concern is that in the future the government will be able to limit what citizens spend their money on, such as meat products and fuels,” de Graaff said.

“Or that we get a form of a social credit system like in Canada, where your account is blocked if you are critical of the government,” he added, referring the Trudeau

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