Biodiversity in everyone's portfolio

The European Central Bank is considering placing images of European biodiversity on the euro banknotes, with species such as the European bee-eater, the white stork, or the northern gannet being mentioned as potential candidates to appear on the coins. This initiative comes within the framework of a euro banknote redesign process that is currently underway. The vote on the theme is open to the public, allowing European citizens to participate in the choice of the motif that will decorate the future banknotes. Henrique Miguel Pereira signs this opinion article, reflecting on the choice between biodiversity and culture as the central theme for the new euro banknotes. The article does not specify when the final decisions on the new banknote design will be announced.