Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus (NI), an independent member of the European Parliament, says that Europe wants to be the first to commit a massive blunder and folly by eliminating cash in order to transition to a digital currency. Eliminating cash is nothing less than the elimination of a fundamental right and the individual’s independence to dispose of their wealth and income as they see fit, says the MEP. 

Non-attached Member of the European Parliament Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus (NI): “Breaking news, dear friends, I am still in Strasbourg and have just received the most important—but also the most serious—information. On Tuesday, May 5, in just a few days, a major discussion will take place in the European Parliament, agreed upon by the majority of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament, with the exception of the S&D—where the German AVD and the Patriots are dominant—so excluding these two groups.

Everyone agrees to hold this roundtable and this discussion, which will be called—pay attention—a Euro-digital political and strategic choice.

Ever since I told you, back in 2020—if I recall correctly, and perhaps even earlier—that societies would gradually move toward phasing out cash and transitioning to digital currency. Now Europe wants to be the first to commit such a folly and a colossal blunder and to eliminate cash itself.

But, after all, cash is a fundamental right of ours, of the people. We have every right to receive the fruits of our labor, the remuneration for our work, according to each person’s qualifications, in cash. If they take away cash, it means they have taken away a right of ours. That is simply not acceptable.

After all, the elimination of cash is nothing other than the elimination of a fundamental right and of the individual’s independence to dispose of their wealth and income as they see fit. Just imagine, for example, that you go to a rally in front of the Government building—which is the case these days—and a drone flies overhead, identifies, of course, through known means, using biometric data, all the people who are there at the rally, and immediately sends them a fine, say, to their phones. Because why did you go there? Because we’re dissatisfied.

The government doesn’t agree that you’re dissatisfied. You’re supposed to starve and use the digital euro. You’re in a society of the future, but not too far off—because this could happen in a year or two if things keep going this way—and you don’t have any cash at all; you only have digital euros.

And when they see who’s participating in the unauthorized rally—oh my, the government doesn’t like you protesting—they’ll send fines to everyone’s phones. And then, five minutes later, they freeze your accounts, because they know exactly which accounts you have and how much money is in them—since they’re digital—and then you go ahead and take the state to court.

Let’s see how long it takes you to win. Now, this move is nothing more than a form of disguised blackmail, a form of coercion against every person, so that when they want to protest against the government, against the institutions—which are doing more and more stupid things and no longer represent what was originally intended—

We have relinquished our sovereignty on the grounds that it is personal, on the grounds that we mandate other comrades of ours, other citizens, to defend us.

Because they are, aren’t they, better equipped to do so. I mean, the institutions of power. And what do you do when these institutions of force turn against you? When they turn against you, it means you’re paying them for nothing, and, more than that, they fine you, take your money, and leave you to fend for yourself.

Ever since that unfortunate incident that happened in America in 2001, on 9/11, with the collapse of the towers, people have been saying, “Look what happened.” If people carry cash around, they’ll get up to all sorts of trouble. Terrorist attacks, drug trafficking, organized crime, and so on.

Hey guys, that’s true, but not everyone does that. Basically, there are a few crazy people, a few of those crooks, who are often directly connected to state institutions—whether they’re Americans, Europeans, or whatever other countries, more or less terrorist states, as was the case with Venezuela, as is the case with Iran. So all these things happen with the blessing of some shrewd operators within the system.

And then what do they think? Let’s punish entire nations, just because some people are moving cash and using it illegally. Well, hold on a second. When has there ever been a trial, and as a result of that trial, an entire nation—I don’t know, the Americans or the French or the British or whoever—or all of Europe, I don’t know, all European nations, were somehow condemned to a lack of cash on the grounds that there are some terrorists and some madmen who use cash to carry out all sorts of harmful, dangerous, terrorist operations.

What do you mean, condemning entire nations just because there are some who commit serious crimes, organized crime, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and the like? How can you do such a thing? So this is the biggest nonsense, the biggest stupidity I’ve ever heard. Well, when we mandated you to defend us, you guys in the state—you political hacks who hold every position in the government and do nothing but rake in money by the truckload—you’re supposed to protect us and go after those who don’t follow the social rules. That’s it: the law in every state must be respected.

And you are there—prosecutors, judges, police, secret services—that is why you are there: to prevent such things, or if you are unable to do so, after the crimes have been committed, to track down these thugs who do such things and immediately arrest them to protect us. Not to take away our rights, take our money, invent Euro-Digital, and then say, “He talks too much,” “he’s a good organizer,” “look, these people held a rally,” “look what’s happening”—because we haven’t forgotten what this Bolojan did when he labeled some of us in all sorts of ways. I don’t know, I didn’t feel like a rat, but maybe others did.

I didn’t feel like a thief for raiding the pantry, but they were in government. The PNL, PSD, USR, Ocazional, UDMR, and so on. So they should answer for the mess they’ve made in the country.

Now, of course, you realize that a vote in the European Parliament to change all this madness—since it basically comes down to the Maastricht Treaty, where they discussed money, the euro, and things like that. To amend a treaty and say that from now on, no one has a national currency anymore, and in fact, no banknotes or coins. We’re simply switching to the digital euro—everyone’s money goes into their accounts in digital euros, whatever that means—and we’ll have total control over the general public.

That’s what this is about. It’s not about a political and strategic choice that will help people get around more easily—as I see Ms. Ioana from Poplaca and pensioner Vasile figuring out how to handle this whole thing.

Everyone has to have cards, they have to have advanced phones that can pay with digital euros and other crap like that. You guys just mind your own business, leave people alone, and stop trying to constantly restrict their rights—that’s exactly what you did during the pandemic when you locked people in their homes, telling them to “stay home, save lives.” That’s what you did back then and in wars when you took people’s money through taxes and eventually collapsed the normal standard of living—a level of common sense thatRomanians had, and we’ve only just managed to catch our breath, and now you want to mortgage the entire future of this country.

If tomorrow these people in the European Parliament vote to switch to the digital euro, I’m convinced that the yes-men in Bucharest will vote immediately, “yes, yes, we agree,” without giving a moment’s thought to what will happen afterward.

I say we need to be extremely careful about what’s about to happen. We’ll be back next week with new updates on the digital euro.”

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