A nurse checks a passenger who has a negative Covid test at Nice airport on December 30.

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  • Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, deputy and president of the Debout la France party, renewed his request on Friday to present a "negative test" at the borders in order to enter France.

  • Tests are already required for travelers coming from around 20 countries.

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Stricter border controls to limit the spread of the coronavirus in France?

This is what Nicolas Dupont-Aignan asked on Friday.

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of TF1, the deputy Debout France reiterated his request: require travelers crossing the French borders a "negative test"

"I ask for negative tests at the borders, because we will lock up the inhabitants at 6 pm [in 15 departments from Saturday], while we return to our country by being positive, like that", denounced the elected official.

He did not say whether he was referring to crossing borders by land, air or sea.

A reader, who explains that he had to present a negative PCR test at an airport, asked us to verify this statement.

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The situation is different depending on the country.

Travelers from certain countries outside the European Union must present negative tests before entering French territory, according to the Ministry of the Interior.

This concerns about twenty countries in which it is possible to carry out a test 72 hours before departure and where "the virus is still circulating very actively", such as the United States or South Africa.

Travelers must present their test result before boarding.

The Interior also lists around thirty countries outside the EU for which it is difficult to carry out a test quickly before departure, such as India or China.

In this case, travelers must undergo an arrival test or complete a mandatory fortnight.

Other countries without compulsory tests

Only people from six countries outside the EU and outside Schengen (Australia, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, Thailand) are currently fully released from these health checks.

Reason: "The circulation of the virus [y] is not very important.

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For other non-European countries, not listed by the ministry, travelers are invited to present a negative test.

If they do not do it before departure, they can do it in French airports or do a fortnight on arrival.

However, neither the fortnight nor the presentation of a negative test is obligatory for the travelers coming from these countries.

These rules also apply to French people returning from abroad.

A negative test to come from the UK

The case of the United Kingdom, where a particularly contagious variant has been detected, is particular.

France has restricted travel with the country, which is not part of the Schengen area or the European Union.

Only certain categories of travelers are authorized to travel to France, provided they present a negative test of less than 72 hours, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

What about travel within the European Union?

Travelers from the latter or from the European area (Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland and Vatican) "can enter French territory without restrictions related to the fight against Covid-19 », Indicates the Ministry of the Interior.

Certain restrictions have sometimes been imposed locally, targeting tourists returning from foreign ski resorts, such as these 48 French tourists targeted by a seven-day isolation after a control at the Franco-Swiss border, under a decree published on 19 December.

Travelers returning from Spanish stations were also subject to checks, 

La Dépêche du Midi said

on December 27.

In addition, on October 30, France renewed the possibility of border controls until April 30.

It is not a question of verifying each entry into the territory, but of being able to carry out identity checks at the borders, according to AFP.

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