Coronavirus. Germany lift its border controls as early as Monday

TheGermany will lift on Monday, and not Tuesday as originally planned, its border controls with its european neighborsput in place against the pandemic coronavirus, said Saturday the German Interior ministry. The border controls will be lifted in the night of Sunday to Monday, said a spokesman for the ministry. Re-opening at the same time as … Read more

Spain does not open borders with the EU until “end of June”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, assured this Thursday thatmost EU countries will lift borders “gradually”next June 15, and others, such as Spain, will delay it until “the end of June” for epidemiological reasons. “We want to do it in a coordinated and cooperative way, and avoid unilateral movements“, stressed the minister in … Read more

Travel, schools, borders …: the rules of deconfinement become more and more flexible

The deconfinement is not yet total but the situation is evolving in the right direction. Little reminder of what we can do (or not). – Dince this weekend, Belgians are allowed to visit family members residing in Germany, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or the Netherlands. They can also cross the border to make purchases … Read more

Belgium authorizes visits to neighboring countries … but not to France, confirm Foreign Affairs!

Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 5:43 p.m. By Sudinfo — Deconfinement continues in Belgium. It is now possible for Belgians to cross the border to do their shopping and see their family, the measure has been enshrined in law. But France had announced that it did not intend to reopen its borders, and … Read more

Belgium in favor of opening the internal borders of Europe from June 15

Pieter De Crem announced it on his Facebook page this Friday evening. – LVisits beyond the country’s borders will be possible again from Saturday, Interior Minister Pieter De Crem announced on Friday. These visits were no longer possible since March 20, when the borders were closed to non-essential movement. As part of the exit strategy, … Read more

Belgium favors the reopening of the internal borders of Europe from June 15!

Posted on Friday, May 29, 2020 at 10:24 p.m. By Sudinfo — Interior Minister Pieter De Crem announced on Friday that Belgium is joining other European countries (like France) to reopen Europe’s internal borders by June 15. – – After announcing that family visits beyond our borders will again be possible in neighboring countries from … Read more

Open borders from June 1? It is under study, but in a very strict framework and for one reason only!

Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 11:36 a.m. By F.DE.H. — Experts from the GEES study the opening of borders on Tuesday. This could be done in two stages. – – The 100% opening will only be done in parallel with phase 3, in principle on June 8. Logic. We are not going to … Read more

France wants to reopen its borders this summer and wishes to welcome the Belgians: “Welcome”

Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 9:58 p.m. By Sudinfo with Belga — Foreign ministers from ten European countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic and Switzerland) met on Wednesday by videoconference to discuss a coordinated approach with a view to eventually restore the possibility for everyone to travel in … Read more

Virologist Steven Van Gucht: “The opening of borders should be coordinated at European level”

Before reopening the borders, a number of conditions should be met, said the inter-federal spokesperson. – IAsked about VTM Nieuw, the virologist and inter-federal spokesperson for the Belgian crisis center, Steven Van Gucht gave his opinion on the possibility for Belgians to travel to Europe. He believes there should be a coordinated approach in Europe … Read more

Castaner considers European coordination to reopen borders “essential”

Christophe Castaner tried on Saturday, essential to coordinate decisions on the reopening of borders within European space, regretting that this is not the case, after Spanish and Italian decisions this week. ? > Follow our live May 16 devoted to the coronavirus pandemic ? It is essential that we can have coordinated decisions at European … Read more