" France is late ". Philippe Vallée, director general of the Identity and Security Division (DIS) of the Thales defense and high-tech group, is in tune with the three French deputies who this week presented a report recommending that the attribution to each citizen be accelerated. a digital identity, at the horizon of "four to five years, rather than a decade" .
This digital identity will be derived from the future national electronic identity card (e-CNI) which will equip the French, by August 2021. This is the deadline set by the European Union, so that this e-CNI is interoperable between all the countries of the Schengen area.
The case has fallen behind after years of debate. The Ministry of the Interior has mandated IN Groupe (ex-Imprimerie Nationale) to establish the specifications for this card and launch a call for tenders in order to select its suppliers. The market is valued at around 100 million euros, i.e. the budget necessary to equip a
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