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There is no national wallet in France yet. France has introduced the France Identité app, a government-developed digital identity application designed to simplify interactions with administrative services and enhance secure identity verification. Launched on February 14, 2024, this free application allows users to store their national ID card information on their smartphones, facilitating various procedures more efficiently. [ref]

FranceConnect is a single sign-on platform provided by the French government. It allows users to securely log in to over 1,400 online services (both public and private) using a single set of credentials. This eliminates the need to create multiple accounts for different services. An enhanced version of FranceConnect, called FranceConnect+, is used for more sensitive services, such as those involving financial transactions or highly secure data. It requires stronger identity verification, often through a digital identity like France Identité.

EUDIW status

FranceConnect: The French government is deeply involved in the EUDI Wallet initiative, aligning its efforts with the EU's broader goals of digital sovereignty and secure identity management. France is working to integrate its existing national digital identity systems, such as the FranceConnect platform, into the EUDI Wallet framework. FranceConnect is already a widely used digital identity system that allows citizens to access various public services securely.

France, in collaboration with Germany, leads the POTENTIAL consortium, which began work on the EUDI Wallet, with deployment expected by 2025. [ref]

National architecture documents

Stakeholder groups

France collaborates with private companies and technology providers to develop and refine the EUDI Wallet. For example:

• IDEMIA, a French multinational specializing in identity technologies, is contributing to the wallet's infrastructure. IDEMIA focuses on secure identity verification, biometric authentication, and pseudonymization to protect user data 
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• iDAKTO, a company enabling secure and sovereign interactions with personal data, is also involved in ensuring the wallet's security and compliance with privacy regulations 
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Current progress

Germany

National wallet

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