99% did not want the extension of the Green Pass, and in fact they extended it. Democracy for Europe
As you know, given that we have dedicated several articles to the subject, on a proposal from the European Commission, the European Parliament yesterday voted, as expected, to renew the EU's Digital Covid certificate for another year. The vote was 453 in favor, 119 against and 19 abstentions.
The expiry of the certificate regulation was scheduled for 30 June. Earlier this month, a Parliament delegation had already reached a "political agreement" with the Commission on the renewal of the certificate, thus making yesterday's vote practically a foregone conclusion. The funny thing, and what makes it clear how much the opinion of people in the EU cares, is that the Commission had held a public consultation whose results had been extremely negative. The consultation collected over 385,000 responses, almost all against the renewal!
In a letter to the European Ombudsman that French MEP Virginie Joron posted on her Twitter profile, Joron writes:
As the @EU_Commission ne tient pas compte des avis des européens ( https://t.co/toA1bLqX8c ); je saisis the European Médiatrice. pic.twitter.com/OiWEfJ6GlP
– Virginie Joron (@v_joron) June 14, 2022
I have read hundreds of random responses with my team. I could not find any in favor of extending the QR code [ie the digital certificate]. Based on this large survey, it seems obvious that virtually all responses were negative.
The negative trend of the responses was evident from the beginning. The first full page of answers, all dating back to February 4th, is available here . They are, of course, in the different languages of the European Union: French, German, Italian and even one in English.
To give readers an idea of the tenor, here is the translation of a line or two of the first answers (starting from the bottom of the page):
I am completely opposed to the creation of this certificate, given what is currently happening with the disastrous management of Covid by the EU …
I want this cst [probably a reference to Belgium's “Covid Safe Ticket”] or vaccination passport simply deleted …
In the draft document there are claims that are not scientifically supported. For example, the Covid certificate is claimed to represent effective protection against the spread of the virus – what data can support this claim? …
Hi, I am shocked and disgusted by the freedom-killing decisions taken in the EU… regarding this "European certificate"… ..
I never want to be subjected to a discriminatory certificate again …
And so on through 385,191 responses, almost all of which were negative.
Naturally, since the answers were almost all negative and against, the Commission decided the opposite: it reached an agreement to continue it. Because, in the end, nothing matters what Europeans think of the Commission. The only important thing is his agenda.
Thanks to our Telegram channel you can stay updated on the publication of new articles of Economic Scenarios.
The article 99% did not want the extension of the Green Pass, and in fact they extended it. Democrazia all'Europa comes from ScenariEconomici.it .
This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/il-99-non-voleva-la-proroga-del-green-pass-e-infatti-lo-hanno-prorogato-democrazia-alleuropa/ on Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:19:10 +0000.