EU Industry Welcomes New Schengen Strategy’s Green Lanes

‘Milestone’ Policy Shows Europe Has Learned Lessons From COVID-19

Planned reforms to the EU’s Schengen open border system that will allow for transport “green lanes” to be reactivated when necessary have been welcomed by off-patent industry association Medicines for Europe.

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Green lanes can be reactivated to help Europe avoid transport bottlenecks • Source: Alamy

Proposed reforms to the EU’s Schengen open border system that will allow priority freight routes or “green lanes” to be reactivated when necessary have been welcomed by off-patent industry association Medicines for Europe.

Such “green lanes” were instrumental in easing transport routes for medicines at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, allowing medicines to cross borders and reducing the risk of...

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