EU, letter of reminder to six countries for border blocking

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February 23, 2021 The European Commission has sent a letter of warning to six EU states against "bans on entering or leaving states" and with the request "to respect the recommendations of the Council" on freedom of movement and that "the measures adopted are proportional and non-discriminatory ".

The six countries concerned are

.

This was announced by a spokesman for the European Commission.

States now have ten days to reply.

"We asked all Member States to return to the correct application of the recommendation adopted by the Council" on "freedom of movement of persons and goods in the European Union" and "we sent a letter to six Member States on the entry ban and leaving the country because he has gone too far "than stated at the EU level," said European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, on the sidelines of the General Affairs Council. According Reynders, okay "deter travel but

travel from one Member State to another ".

" We asked the six countries to think of an

to blocking trucks at the border, "said the Commissioner." The Commission would like to remind Member States of the need to return to a coordinated approach on all measures relating to the free movement of people and goods in the European Union.

We call on all Member States to return to a correct application of the recommendations adopted by the Council, "Reynders added.