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Spain plans to start welcoming foreign travellers as from coming June, international media reported.
Spanish Tourism minister Fernando Valdés said a pilot test will be carried out throughout May with preparations being made to receive travellers the following month.
The European Parliament today discussed the plans for the ‘Digital Green Certificate’ in time for the summer holidays.
Although the EU has been working hard to reopen for travellers, it still depends heavily on the EU’s certification, Valdés told a travel conference in Mexico.
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders warned of the possibility of “fragmentation across Europe” if an agreement on the ‘Digital Green Certificate’ could not be reached.
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The parliament also called for EU countries to offer COVID-19 tests for travel free of charge, so that the document would not end up discriminating against people who cannot afford the test or who are unable to get vaccinated.
The Commission had said that this issue should be left up to member states.
Lawmakers agreed with the Commission s proposal that all vaccines rubber-stamped by the European Medicines Agency should be automatically recognized.
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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the result, while ignoring the proposed renaming of the certificate.
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The European Parliament has taken the next step in the creation of a special passport to help restart travel during the pandemic.
The ‘Digital Green Certificate’ was discussed by MEPs yesterday and following a vote, three-way negotiations between the Parliament, the
European Council and the
Among the issues resolved was to change the name to the
EU Covid-19 Certificate to clearly define the limits of the passport’s usage, as well as the inclusion of free and accessible testing to ensure that the cost of a test is not an inhibitor to travel.