Opening borders

Written by David Fletcher 11 Jun 2020
Opening borders

As governments across Europe seek ways to reopen borders, the EU is calling for a coordinated approach, especially as it seems each country is drawing different conclusions on how best to proceed. What happens over the coming weeks and months will be important both for ‘key’ travel as well as tourism. In May, the EU set out plans for a phased restart of travel from 15 June, giving guidelines about lifting restrictions at the internal borders. European legislation provides a framework for such reopenings. ‘It is up to each member state to decide how to regulate its own borders, but they must do so within the framework of the Schengen Code for the Schengen Area,’ said European law professor Alberto Alemanno. See

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