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EU agrees on digital green certificates ahead of summer travel

EU ambassadors in Brussels reached an agreement on Wednesday over the technical details for the Digital Green Certificates - a proposal Greece introduced earlier in the year to help facilitate safe travel and boost tourism this summer. The European Commission also set out its blueprint to raise approximately 800 billion euros to finance its NextGenerationEU stimulus program - the same program that will also fund the Greece 2.0 economic recovery plan. Finally, major disruptions in supplies of the AstraZeneca and now the Johnson & Johnson vaccines has put the bloc’s vaccination campaign back in the spotlight.

Yannis Palaiologos, Kathimerini’s Brussels correspondent, joins The Greek Current to discuss the Digital Green Certificates, the NextGenerationEU program, and provide an update on the EU’s vaccine rollout.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: 

EU ambassadors agree its negotiating mandate on the Digital Green Certificate

EU Vaccine Passports Draw Close in Boon for Airlines, Hotels

EU Lays Out $1 Trillion Debt Plan to Challenge Treasuries

Changing Strategy, the E.U. Bets Big on Pfizer to Battle Covid

Greece, Libya to discuss delineating maritime boundaries

Greek PM agrees to talks with Libya on maritime zones

Greece to lift quarantine rule for more travelers from next week

Greece to ditch quarantine for tourists who are vaccinated or test negative

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