The EU will ban all non-essential travel into Europe for 30 days to slow the spread of coronavirus
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen attends a Christian Democratic Union and Social Democratic Party fraction meeting at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany November 26, 2015.The European Union will impose a temporary ban on all non-essential travel into the bloc, European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen announced on Monday.
Only essential travel to the EU for people from third countries will be allowed for a period lasting at least 30 days."Therefore I propose to the heads of state and government to introduce temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the EU.""The UK citizens are European citizens so of course there are no restrictions for the UK citizens to travel to the continent," Von Der Leyen said.
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