Since Wednesday, may 3. June, is fix: The Federal Cabinet has decided to the applicable global travel warning from the 15. June for most of the European States to repeal. To apply for the EU member States, other member States of the Schengen agreement, as well as for the UK, as foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) told then. However, this does not automatically mean that tourist travel in the countries referred to are in all cases possible.
Four States belong to the border-free Schengen area but are not member in the EU: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
this is not Entirely new. Already last week, the project came out of the draft a key issues paper with the title “criteria for the facilitating of intra-European tourism”.
travel warning to individual travel advice replaces
German foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) had become the world’s travel warning on may 17. March in favour of a unique step. This ban is not a travel, but travel cancellations booked. The travel warning is to be replaced – so the Plan by the individual trip information, showing for each individual country risks.
to date travel warnings were imposed only in the case of a danger for life and limb, especially in war zones like Syria or Afghanistan. In the past few weeks, more than 240 have been brought to 000 because of a capped flight and ferry stranded tourists in an unprecedented move back to Germany.
The current messages to the Corona-crisis in the Live-Ticker
lifting of the travel warning shortly before the holiday season
the lifting of The travel warning is just in time before the holiday season, the start signal for cross-border summer vacation in Europe. Let yourself be guided by the thought that “the revival of tourism is important both for travelers and the German Travel industry as well as for economic stability in the respective countries of destination”, it was already the end of may in the already largely harmonized the draft of the Federal foreign office.
in order To ensure the best possible protection of the tourist in front of a Corona-infection, the Federal government is therefore in the EU for a number of common criteria. Among other things, it proposes the Adoption of the limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days by the other European countries. The extent to which the given is not yet lkar. In Germany, an Exceeding of this limit leads to a re-introduction of an already abolished Anti-Corona measures.
countries, Anti-Corona, the aim is to develop concepts
in Addition, the individual countries “sustainable concepts” to the observance of clearance rules, and hand hygiene should develop, to the Wearing of masks and to the ventilation and disinfection of premises. The protection concepts should also include plans for the event of the disease by travelers, as well as sufficient testing capacity, quarantine, and treatment options demonstrate.
in Addition, the recommendations of the EU would have to act-Commission for the safety of passengers and personnel in transport means such as aircraft, to be implemented, – stated in the paper from the Ministry of foreign Affairs.
The European Commission should develop a procedure for the assessment of the protection measures adopted. On this basis, the competent Federal ministries want to make “consensual recommendations on protection measures”. In this case, the relationship between the infection should be risk assessed and protection measures taken, as well as the regional differences in the individual countries.
to what Extent has given to it in the run-up to Maas’ statement on Wednesday already Commitments, is currently not known. Differences explained: The travel note, security advice and travel warning PCP mean explains the differences: The travel note, security advice and travel warning
What is with Travel to Germany mean?
As Leave and Travel together, hang out, feel also the German interior Minister, Horst Seehofer (CSU) will be addressed. Because the intra-European travel will not work as a one-way street. This means: If German go back to Italy or fly in, also can the Italians come back to Germany.
- surf tip: controls up to 15. June – border controls around Germany for Another country to want to> entry to make it easier
<p And what is with the mid-June force EU-wide entry restrictions for people from third countries? This should generally be extended, it could be that travel between EU countries is again possible to Enter the country from Non-EU States that may be affected much less by the pandemic, however, remained prohibited.
Seehofer wants is to be understood, in any case, a scheme for the citizens in a logical and easy to use. Therefore, it could be that the discussions drag on to something else. A further indication: a meeting of the so-called Corona-Cabinet, of Seibert, according to government spokesman Steffen also to intra-European travel would have to go, had been cancelled this Monday. For justification, it was said, the decisions were not yet “ripe for decision”. Mineral water in comparison: One of the 100 brands tested falls in the Ökotest by FOCUS Online/Wochit mineral water in comparison: One of the 100 brands tested falls in the Ökotest by
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