The European Central Bank launched a consultation on Monday July 10 to choose which designs will adorn future banknotes, expected in distributors and wallets from 2029 or 2030.
Draw me a ticket! We want what Europeans recognize in the design of euro banknotes. (…) They will play an active role in the selection of the new theme, the French President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde proudly announced on Twitter. The financial body launched a consultation on Monday July 10 to choose which designs will adorn future tickets, expected for 2029 or 2030.
Seven more meaningful themes have been pre-selected by the board of governors of the monetary institute:
- the birds;
- the rivers;
- the hands, symbols of a Europe building together;
- European culture;
- our Europe and ourselves;
- the future;
- European values in nature.
Voting will remain open until August 31 but the site is this morning under maintenance due to the very large number of interests aroused by the survey on our redesign of euro banknotes, we are currently unable to connect, writes the ECB.
The Central Bank will use the results of this survey and another carried out with a representative sample of Europeans to select the theme for the next series of banknotes by 2024, according to the press release. A graphic design contest will then be organized while work on the ticket itself before it goes live will begin in 2026.
New safer banknotes
And if the link between the inhabitants of the continent guides this consultation, it is also a question of security. We are working on a new series of state-of-the-art banknotes to prevent counterfeiting and reduce the impact on the environment, Fabio Panetta, member of the ECB’s executive board, said in the press release.
He considers that it is the duty of the ECB and the national central banks of the countries of the euro zone to ensure that euro banknotes remain an innovative, secure and efficient means of payment.
Current banknotes show Romanesque or Gothic arches and other modern architectural elements, as Member States have never been able to agree on a selection of great figures embodying the history of the Old Continent. These states will also have a say in the choice of future banknote design.