The French government announced that it will begin lifting most of the traffic restrictions on its European internal borders at midnight on Monday, 15 June, and it will reopen its external borders with outside the European region on the first of next July after nearly three months of closure.
A joint statement issued by the Foreign and Interior Ministries said that due to the positive development of the health situation in France and Europe, and according to the recommendations of the European Commission, France will lift all traffic restrictions on its European internal borders on June 15 - by land, air and sea - after it had imposed them to stop an epidemic. Covid-19 ». The statement added that starting from June 15th, people from European countries (European Union member states, as well as Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland and the Vatican) will be able to enter French territory without restrictions related to fighting the Corona pandemic, as was the case Before March 18, 2020, these travelers in particular will not be required to hold an international travel certificate to enter French soil, and people from European countries will be exempt from quarantine for two weeks upon their arrival in France. The French foreign and interior ministers, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and Christophe Castaner said in the joint statement that the decision was taken based on the recommendations of the European Commission, explaining that "this opening will take place gradually and unevenly according to the health situation in various other countries, and according to the conditions that have been determined at the European level." However, the French government excluded the reopening of its borders with Spain, due to the Spanish government's measures to keep its borders closed until June 21 as part of its efforts to contain the virus.
Madrid and London impose restrictions on foreign arrivals, including those from France, so Paris continues to reciprocate. Likewise, Spain decided to keep until June 21 restrictions on movement, in addition to imposing a quarantine on air travelers from Europe.