Christophe Castaner judged on Saturday, " essential " to coordinate the decisions on the reopening of the borders inside the European space, regretting that this is not the case, after Spanish and Italian decisions, this week. “ It is essential that we can have coordinated decisions at European level, especially on infra-Schengen. This is not the case today, "said the Minister of the Interior, during a trip to Veules-les-Roses (Seine-Maritime).
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Christophe Castaner reacted in particular to the reopening of Italy's borders to tourists from the EU and the cancellation of the compulsory quarantine for foreign visitors to the peninsula, announced by Rome this Saturday. " Spain's unilateral decision this week from Italy announced this morning does not support what we need to do to work in solidarity, " added the minister. “ I would have the opportunity to exchange with my (Italian) counterpart over the weekend so that we can adapt our rules. "
Madrid also announced this week that it would apply a fortnight measure to anyone coming from abroad, an initiative little appreciated by France, which decided by mutual agreement to impose the same measure on travelers coming from Spain, even if in the Facts, there is currently very little traffic between the two countries, excluding cross-border workers.
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Almost all of the borders within the European area (Schengen area, European Union and United Kingdom) are subject to restrictions, but the objective is to reopen the borders, with a meeting around the June 15 to decide. The European Commission on Wednesday wanted a " concerted " and " non-discriminatory " reopening of the EU's internal borders.
