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'Digital Green Pass' In The Works To Enable Intra-EU Travel

EU COMMISSION

Darren McCaffrey at EuroNews tweets: "NEW: EU Commission will propose legislation later this month for "Digital Green Pass". Essentially vaccine certificate/passport. Details held [as part of green pass]: Proof that a person has been vaccinated, Results of tests for those who couldn't get a vaccine yet, Info on COVID19 recovery"

  • While the 'digital green pass' would enable safe movement between EU member states (and Schengen nations Switzerland and Norway), there has been no mention of travel with the UK. This presents a potential issue given that Ireland would be part of the digital green pass, but the UK would not and with no passport checks between Ireland and Northern Ireland this could create another layer of difficulty for Brussels.

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