The European Commission has proposed the introduction of vaccination certificates, which will allow the 450 million inhabitants of the European Union to travel freely through the 27 member states this summer. The plan, to be discussed at a summit of EU leaders next week, envisions the creation of so-called passport passports that would facilitate travel from one EU member state to another. This topic has been discussed for weeks and there has been division among the members. The idea was most strongly pushed by those whose economies are heavily dependent on tourism, such as Greece, Spain and Portugal, in order to avoid testing and quarantine when entering countries. At the other end of the spectrum were countries such as France and Germany, which considered it premature to introduce a Covid Passport, calling it discriminatory because the majority of EU citizens have not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19. The new document will be called Digital Green Certificate and will be given free of charge to all EU citizens who will provide proof that they have received a vaccine against covid-19, but also those who have a negative test or have been exposed to the virus.

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