European Parliament to require COVID passport for entry – POLITICO
Coronavirus passports arrive at the European Parliament.
A valid EU Digital COVID certificate will be required for anyone – lawmaker or staff member – entering Parliament’s premises in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg from November 3, according to an email sent on Wednesday from the Directorate-General for Personnel. of Parliament and obtained by POLITICO.
The decision was taken by Parliament’s Secretary General Klaus Welle after a majority of chamber vice-presidents voted in favor of introducing the certificate.
But it has also triggered the indignation of some MEPs, who see it as a violation of their fundamental rights.
“To our knowledge, the European Parliament would be the first in Europe to implement such a measure”, a group of MEPs, including François-Xavier Bellamy from the EPP, Michèle Rivasi from the Greens, Virginie Joron from the Identity and Democracy group and Anne- Sophie Pelletier from La Gauche, wrote in a letter sent Tuesday to President of Parliament David Sassoli.
“This would violate a very fundamental principle in a democratic house: never an elected official, having fulfilled all the legal obligations, should be prevented from entering the Parliament”, added the deputies.