Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted to accelerate the approval process of digital COVID-19 vaccine certificates to pave way for facilitating travel within the bloc by June.

“With 468 votes in favour, 203 against and 16 abstentions, MEPs lawmakers supported using the urgency procedure (Rule 163)

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This allowed for faster parliamentary scrutiny of the Commission’s proposals, while fully respecting its democratic prerogatives.

This is according to the European Parliament report released on Thursday