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A late-May 2026 snapshot of EUDI Wallet readiness across all 27 Member States, with a second column the April scorecard lacked: the WRPAC path. Readiness is attributed to ecosystem trackers; the WRPAC answer is uniform — no public, verifiable production path anywhere yet.
On 29 April 2026 the Commission urged member states to deploy a white-label EU age-verification app integrated with EUDI Wallets. Within 48 hours Germany, Ireland, France, Poland, and Estonia signalled they would not. The fragmentation is now a Council process — and a merchant integration problem.
The 27 April Bitkom survey reframes the rollout. Intent is high; activated credentials are not. 57% of Germans have never used the eID online function, and the bottleneck for January 2027 is no longer awareness — it is the working-credential gap. What that changes for merchants.
Eight months before the December 2026 EUDI Wallet deadline, here is where every EU member state actually stands — by tier, with launch dates, scope, and known gaps.
On 28–29 April 2026, Bitkom hosts the eIDAS Summit in Berlin and online. Here is what relying parties and merchants should track from a now-sector-led agenda.
A Bitkom survey from April 2026 finds 52% of Germans have never heard of the EUDI Wallet. Eight months before launch, here is how merchants should bridge the awareness gap.