Commissioner Breton in Denmark to discuss ramping-up of vaccine production and the Digital Green Certificate

Commissioner Thierry Breton, in charge of the Internal Market and responsible for the Task Force on Industrial Scale-up of COVID-19 vaccine production, is travelling to Denmark today and will have several high-level meetings to discuss the ramping up of vaccine production as well as the Digital Green Certificate announced yesterday by the Commission. Commissioner Breton will meet with the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. During his trip, the Commissioner will also participate in a roundtable with Jeppe Kofod, Minister for foreign Affairs, Simon Kollerup, Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs as well as CEOs of companies involved in the vaccine production in the country. He will also have an exchange of views with the Danish Parliament’s European Affairs Committee, among others. This mission is part of the Commission’s continuous work on scaling up the production of vaccines throughout Europe.