European countries could return to free Schengen movement in late June while some ministers suggest deadline to be extended until early July
Cyclists take photos in an empty St. Peter's Square, due to anti-coronavirus lockdown measures, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 10, 2020.
“I personally believe that we will return to a full functioning of the Schengen area and freedom of movement of citizens no later than the end of the month of June,” European Union Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said Friday after the video-conference meeting. Johansson said Europe’s Centre for Disease Prevention and Control believes that confinement, social distancing and other health measures are working.More than 175,000 people have died in Europe’s coronavirus outbreak, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, mostly in Britain, Italy, France and Spain.
The news should come as a relief to millions of Europeans still trying to work out their summer vacation plans – which begin for many in July once the school year is over – and who are anxious to know whether they will be allowed to head to the continent’s beaches or mountains. In an apparent reference to Austria and Greece, which have not fully opened to Italian tourists, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio denounced the “ad hoc” measures put in place by some countries as “a violation of the European spirit that has always distinguished us.”
Spain, which relies on tourism for 12 percent of its GDP, plans to wait until July 1 to drop its 14-day quarantine requirement for everyone who crosses its borders, Spaniards included.
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