Romania adopts German open-source solution for the European Digital Identity Wallet (RoEUDIW)

Romania has taken a decisive step in building its digital identity infrastructure: The government has officially announced that it will adopt and use the open-source technical solution developed by Germany for the implementation of the European Digital Identity Wallet, in the Romanian version called RoEUDIW. 

The decision, communicated by the Government Press Office, means that Romania will stop the development of its own infrastructure from scratch and take over the source code, certification schemes, and technical components made available gratis by their German partner, which it will adapt to Romanian national needs.

The European context: EUDIW and eIDAS 2.0

The European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) is the European Union's response to the growing need for secure online and offline identification. According to the European Commission, each Member State must make at least one digital wallet available to citizens, residents and companies by the end of 2026. The tool allows users to prove their identity, store and share digital documents and create electronic signatures with legal value in all Member States.

The legal framework is provided by the eIDAS 2.0 Regulation, which updates the European rules on electronic identification and trust services. The fundamental principle is the user's control over their own data: a person can only share the attributes that are strictly necessary – for example, for age verification they can only reveal their date of birth, without exposing their personal identification number. Interoperability guaranteed by the Common Standards (Architecture and Reference Framework) allows the wallet to be used in any Member State.

What is German open-source technology?

Germany has been building since summer 2023 an open digital wallet ecosystem, coordinated by the Federal Ministry for Digitalisation and State Modernisation (Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung), with implementation provided by the break-up innovation agency SPRIND, alongside partners such as BSI, Bundesdruckerei and Fraunhofer AISEC. The essential component for Romania is that this solution is developed in open-source mode: the code, modular components and certification schemes are publicly available and can be reused by other States.

For Romania, the benefits are direct. The re-use of an already mature solution significantly reduces budget expenditure, shortens the implementation time by the European deadline and reduces the technical risks associated with the development of a complex infrastructure from scratch. The Government points out that the personal data of citizens remain stored exclusively in the national infrastructure, which ensures respect for the confidentiality and sovereignty of the data. At the same time, it is part of a European solidarity effort, where Member States build together, on a common basis, the future of digital identity at Union level.

Timetable and governance

According to the official release of the Government, the development of RoEUDIW is being phased. The first phase, scheduled for 2026, aims at launching the first version of the mobile application, issuing person identification data (PID) and developing the age verification functionality, as well as finalising the regulatory framework. The mobile application will allow citizens to store electronic documents such as driving license, university diplomas or health card.

The responsibilities of the main institutions involved have been formally established:

• The Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister ensures the coordination of the inter-institutional working group created within the RoEUDIW Commission, with the mission to build the legal framework and the capacity to implement the project.
• The Ministry of Economy, Digitalisation, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (MEDAT) acts as a supervisory authority for the EUDIW ecosystem and a single point of contact for cross-border cooperation, coordinating governance and regulatory drafting.
• The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) is the official provider of the mobile application and backend infrastructure, issues person identification data at insurance level ‘high’ and provides age verification certificates, hosting the solution in the MAI HUB.
• The Special Telecommunications Service (STS) issues access and registration certificates, manages the centralized register of beneficiaries and manages the national attestation schemes, hosted in the Government Private Cloud.

In the long term, Romania intends to open the market also to private digital wallet providers, provided that they are certified according to the national scheme. The government invited interested organisations to send letters of intent for strategic partnerships to the relevant ministry.

Source and links

The article is based solely on official sources:

• Government of Romania / Government Press Office - press release on RoEUDIW governance and institutional roles, 26 June 2026 (aired by AGERPRES): agerpres.ro
• EUDI-Wallet Deutschland — German national project (Federal Government of Germany, BMDS/SPRIND): eudi-wallet.gov.de
• European Commission — European Digital Identity: commission.europa.eu