Until recently, there was little public interest in CBDCs and the digital euro in particular. But in the Netherlands, criticism is growing of the technocratic nature of the process, which seems to take place largely outside the political arena. The subject also seems to be coming to life in the (social) media. Doubts are widely shared within the House of Representatives and mainly concern the lack of democratic control and the privacy aspects of the digital euro. On the other side of the spectrum, Dutch banks have their doubts: they wonder aloud what such a digital euro is actually needed for.