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MEPs completed today the legislative work on the EU digital COVID Certificate package to facilitate travel within the EU and contribute to the economic recovery.
MEPs take stock of developments and propose ways to improve the EC’s approach moving forward, with an eye set on the upcoming 2021 report on the rule of law in the EU.
The certificate will facilitate free movement without discrimination and contribute to the EU’s economic recovery.
Shortages in Europe’s labour market and its ageing population must be addressed Set up an EU talent pool to match employers with prospective employees An EU framework for legal migration would encourage more orderly migration, attract much-needed workers, undermine smugglers and traffickers, and ease integration. In a report adopted with 495 to 163 and 32 abstentions, Parliament highlights that legal migration has barely been part of the EU’s migration policy since 2015 and underlines that the New Pact on Migration and Asylum does not include any specific proposals in this area. “...
EU COVID-19 certificates are not travel documents Member states should not impose quarantines/tests on certificate holders The EU COVID-19 certificate will facilitate free movement across the EU© AdobeStock_Rido On Thursday, Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the proposal for a certificate to reaffirm the right to free movement in Europe during the pandemic. MEPs agreed that the new “EU COVID-19 certificate” - instead of Digital Green Certificate, as proposed by the Commission - should be in place for 12 months an...