France will gradually open its borders to countries outside the Schengen-zone from the 1. July.
It illuminates the country’s interior minister and minister of foreign affairs in a joint statement Friday.
at the same time, France will lift all grænserestriktioner for other Schengen countries, including Denmark, from 15. June.
the Borders were closed in mid-march in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
on Thursday recommended the EU Commission, that the countries in the grænsesamarbejdet Schengen should lift the restrictions imposed at the internal borders from the 15. June, and that the EU reopens the borders of some countries in the Balkans from 1. July.
Europe’s external borders should be partially and gradually opened up after 30. June, it sounded from the EUROPEAN Commission.
Minister for foreign affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and interior minister Christophe Castaner said in the joint statement that France’s re-opening will be made in harmony with the rest of the EU.
– the Opening will happen gradually and will vary depending on the health situation in each country and in accordance with the measures have been agreed at european level at the time, said the two ministers.
Europe has been hard hit by the coronaviruspandemien and accounts for almost half of the world’s coronarelaterede deaths.
But the spread has slowed in many of the hardest-hit countries, including Spain, Italy and France, which makes it possible to lift the most restrictive measures.
The borderless Schengen zone covers most of the EU countries plus Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Lichtenstein.
In Denmark, in the first instance, only people from few countries can travel to and from.
on Monday, may danes again take to Germany, Norway and Iceland without having to be on edge with rejsevejledningen, like the germans, norwegians and icelanders may again go to Denmark, if they have booked a holiday.
