Europeans can travel again. But be careful before packing your bags: the return to free movement within the Old Continent is done in dispersed order.

Belgium, France and Greece are restoring free movement on Monday 15 June with all the countries of the continent. Athens, whose economy is largely based on tourism, goes even further and invites travelers from several regions outside the EU, such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and China.

To Germany and Austria, the arrival controls by road, rail or air will be lifted at midnight Monday.

Among the countries to reopen their border, or having already done so, many of them (Hungary, Bulgaria, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia ...) however maintain restrictions for travelers from European destinations where the infection rate is still considered too high.

Norway will open its borders to all the Nordic countries on Monday, by imposing conditions that exclude at this stage almost all of Sweden, where the epidemic of new coronavirus remains lively.

Spain reopens borders on June 21

Each country has composed its more or less long list of risk areas. Sweden and Great Britain are invariably included. Spain and Portugal are often added to this. Sometimes the Netherlands, Belgium, France. The lists are revised regularly.

Either travel to or from these destinations is prohibited, or a negative Covid-19 screening test or 14-day isolation is required.

France warns that it will apply "reciprocity" to countries imposing restrictions on its nationals.

For its part, Spain will advance to June 21 the restoration of free movement with all EU countries, except on the land border with Portugal where controls will be lifted on July 1, announced Sunday the head of government, Pedro Sanchez.

With AFP

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