Grateful why? They served to restrict our rights.

Because EU recogniced certifcates made travel within the EU possible and, besides some funny rules for border crossings, almost pain free.

Just imagine going from Geany to France would require to get your German vaccination certificate recognised by the French first, as one example.

When one set of government-imposed policies artificially inhibits travel, another set of government-imposed policies that artificially adds exceptions to that first set of policies shouldn't be seen as providing salvation.

"Travel within the EU" would have been "possible" and "pain free" if the various governments had just not imposed any travel restrictions in the first place.

Yeah exactly! But at least like this, you just have one certificate, and not 5.

> Just imagine going from Geany to France would require to get your German vaccination certificate recognised by the French first, as one example.

Just imagine going from A to B without having to show a useless certificate.

I am old enough to remember passport controls when going skiing in Austria, which was 30 km away from my home. Hell, imagine to show documentation at nation borders! The audacity!