

The French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, warned that Libra, Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency, won’t be permitted in France if it’s launched as planned next year.
Speaking at an OECD conference in Paris, the minister said Facebook Libra would put national security and sovereignty of governments at risk.
Le Maire - an outspoken opponent of the cryptocurrency – also said that Libra threatens to undermine the euro and destabilize the entire French economy.
He told the crowd that if France’s economy took a hit, people could make matters worse by abandoning government-sanctioned currencies in favor of Facebook’s Libra.
Facebook Libra faces an uncertain future
“The monetary sovereignty of countries is at stake from possible privatization of money by a sole actor with more than 2 billion users on the planet,” Le Maire said, according to Vice News.





