(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, FEB 25 - EU leaders meet Thursday
under pressure to speed up Europe's coronavirus vaccine rollout
and facing demands from some capitals for a continent-wide
vaccine passport. The video summit for the leaders of the
27-nation bloc comes a year into the Covid-19 crisis, as most of
the EU is experiencing a second wave of cases -- or a third wave
for some -- that stubbornly won't diminish. Brussels has warned
six governments -- including Germany's -- about unilateral
border restrictions, while tourist-dependent countries are
piling on the pressure to lift travel barriers in time for
summer vacations. Ahead of the videoconference, Austria's
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko
Borissov called for "green passports" to be issued to allow
Europeans who have been vaccinated to travel and socialise. "We
want to get back to normal as quickly as possible, have our old
lives back and maximum freedom," Kurz tweeted. (ANSA-AFP).
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