You could add:
Q3 2019, EU declares that vaccine passports (and other things) are needed in the near future
citation (ec.europa.eu)
I think it's not a smoking gun because there is no word about using vaccine cards as passports. There are some initiatives against "vaccine hesitancy", but they seem unrelated. European politicians are "concerned" that member states lose their measles-free status, but they don't want to name immigration politics:
https://www.europeanfiles.eu/health/european-commission-roadmap-on-vaccination
it is the first row of the first table:
Examine the feasibility of developing a common vaccination card/passport for EU citizens (that takes into account potentially different national vaccination schedules and), that is compatible with electronic immunisation information systems and recognised for use across borders, without duplicating work at national level.
Made to be used across borders, not at borders.
Every European country has its own system and norms, and instead of creating a centralized database (which would be bad for privacy) they want to standardize the entries in vaccination cards so they can be used in every country. Note that they start with a feasibility study for 3 years, then a proposal in 2022, and maybe the system will be ready in 2030, with long transition periods in the individual countries.
This is typical Euro-bureaucracy work, every country has its own system and standards and nothing fits, and they spend a lifetime to make it work together.
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