Flemish Prime Minister Jambon: “Covid Safe Ticket at a wedding, cafe or restaurant, that goes too far for me”

From September 1, the Covid Safe Ticket will also be valid for indoor events. In the meantime, there have been calls for a while to make such a ticket mandatory at weddings, staff parties and other small events in the private sphere. The federal government parties CD&V and Vooruit advocate this. However, the Liberals and the Greens are against it.

Flemish Prime Minister Jan Jambon (N-VA) is also not keen on it. “Actually, the line that we as the Flemish government defend is that you can introduce this everywhere where you do ticket checks. And that’s where I want to make the distinction,” he said in “The morning” on Radio 1. At weddings or in the catering industry such as in France, that is going too far for him.

Today, the Covid Safe Ticket applies to events from 1,500 visitors. For Jambon, this may also be the case for smaller events, but only if an entrance ticket is already requested for that. “And then I think you should always leave the choice to the organizers: either you enter that additional check of the Covid Safe Ticket or you organize the event according to the guidelines, with distance and mouth mask.”

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