Hungary does not intend to follow the European Union’s recommendation to open its borders to residents of 14 non-EU countries, whose epidemiological situation is deemed to be sufficiently secure for resumption of travel, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday.
“Currently, we cannot comply with the EU recommendation“Victor Orban said on the Facebook social network.”It would be against the health interests of Hungarians“, he said.
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Hungary will, however, make an exception with its southern neighbor, Serbia, which has a large Hungarian ethnic community living along the border.
The European Union has recommended that its member states lift the ban on entry to their territory for residents of a list of 14 countries (15 if we add China, which imposes a condition of reciprocity ) from July 1st.
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The list of “safe countries” to which European countries reopen their borders
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