Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

In Bangladesh, the government's relationship with Islamist groups is complicated.

The Prime Minister leads a notionally secular party, and as she grows more authoritarian,

one formerly chummy Islamist faction is being brought to heal.

And some of the world's most pervasive diseases are carried by mosquitoes,

but efforts to control mosquito populations haven't met with much success.

We look into a new approach that could easily shrink their numbers without risking further harms.

But first... A COVID passport scheme launched this week could soon allow vaccinated travelers to roam freely throughout the European Union.

The free movement of people is a great European achievement.

Seven countries are already issuing digital certificates,

and all EU member states could be using them by July.

As restrictions lift, vaccination numbers rise, and outdoor dining returns,

it appears that the bloc has a firm hand on the pandemic.

But even just a few months ago, that wasn't at all the case.

The EU has a waste to go in its vaccination drive.

Less than a quarter of adults are now fully vaccinated

compared to about half in America or Britain.

Stanley Pignolle writes for the economist from Paris.

The good news is that supply bottlenecks in Europe have finally eased,

and national inoculation drives are really starting to take shape.

Which is to say the EU is catching up with Britain, America, other vaccine leaders.

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