The president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, has viewed the design proposals for the new banknotes that will be unveiled on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at a press meeting.
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This was announced by the ECB, which recalls that the final list of proposals, which came at the end of a process started in 2021 that also involved European citizens, will be evaluated by a committee of independent experts.
The themes chosen for the future euro banknotes are European culture, which focuses on places of culture and sharing and illustrious European figures such as Maria Callas, Leonardo da Vinci and Miguel de Cervantes, and rivers and birds which expresses the resilience and diversity of the natural world, alongside references to European institutions.
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In July 2025, the ECB launched a competition open to European graphic designers to collect their visual proposals: the deadline for submitting projects, which will be evaluated by a jury of experts, was the end of April 2026.
The jury can choose a maximum of ten proposals (five per theme) to then submit to the Governing Council.
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