Breaking: EU Commission recommends countries drop all UK travel bans, including on freight.
It looks like they have concluded that Johnson may have been exaggerating the threat posed by the English mutation. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…
It looks like they have concluded that Johnson may have been exaggerating the threat posed by the English mutation. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…
Commission: “Until the end of December, free movement rules still apply to the UK. This means that Member States should not in principle refuse the entry of persons travelling from the UK.”
In other words, EU countries legally cannot ban entry to Brits until 1 January.
In other words, EU countries legally cannot ban entry to Brits until 1 January.
I would expect an announcement from Paris shortly that they are ending the UK freight ban.
Even if all 27 EU countries comply with this order from the Commission to reopen borders to the UK, about 20 other countries around the world will still have bans on flights from Britain.
Will they follow suit?
Will they follow suit?
An important caveat is that this is a *recommendation* from the EU Commission to national governments.
But given UK is being legally treated as an EU member state for another 9 days, the transport bans *may* be illegal and countries could be taken to ECJ.
But given UK is being legally treated as an EU member state for another 9 days, the transport bans *may* be illegal and countries could be taken to ECJ.
In any event, after the UK leaves the EU single market on 1 January, Brits will be banned from entering the EU except for essential purposes because of the #COVID19 restrictions on 3rd country citizens in place since March.
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