EU travel rules are 'incredibly over-politicized', Wizz Air CEO says

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EU travel rules are 'incredibly over-politicized', Wizz Air CEO says
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'I think the European Union as such has broken down completely,' József Váradi, chief executive officer of budget airline Wizz Air told CNBC.

Váradi said that restrictions on U.K. travelers was an example of how travel rules had become politicized, noting that "if you look at the U.K. for example the country is very well vaccinated, better than the European so you guys should travel freely within the European Union.""The European regulatory framework remains very volatile and unpredictable and I think this is really the problem," Váradi also said.

Members of the European Union have jointly discussed how to reopen their economies to tourists this summer. However, how and when this is done are ultimately decisions taken at the national level and may differ from what has been suggested by European institutions. Nonetheless, the 27 EU nations are working to

Similarly, European citizens are also able to fly to other EU nations either by showing proof of vaccination or a negative test. EU citizens have now the chance to combine this information in a digital covid certificate.

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