8 hours agoEU creates drafts of states with which it will open borders, between them and Kosovo
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Locked in a meeting hall in Brussels, officials are debating who will be allowed to enter the EU on July 1st when the bloc's international borders are scheduled to open and who will be banned. The list has already sparked controversy, as sources found that the United States was the worst affected country [...]
The list has already sparked controversy, as sources found that the United States' worst-inhibited country worldwide by COVID-19, with more than 2.4 million cases, is not in it.
Brazil and Russia are also believed to be on the list of non-accessions due to their response to the virus.
On Thursday, European officials failed to make a decision on which countries will be barred from entering even after the bloc's external borders are opened, with an EU diplomat telling Euronews that officials “cannot reach an agreement” and that talks will continue on Friday.
Euronews has received, from EU diplomatic sources, the full list of countries for which Europe's borders will be opened, and can confirm that Brazil, Qatar, St. BA and Russia are not really in it.
Sources also questioned the date of the reopening of the 1 July border, suggesting the agreements would not come on time.
The full list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Europe, according to the draft list, is the following:
Vatican City
Monaco
Montenegro
Andorra
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ukraine
Albania
Turkey
Kosovo
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Turkmenistan
Vietnam
China
Thailand
Myanmar
Mongolia
Japan
South Korea
Georgia
Butan
Lebanon
Indonesia
Uzbekistan
India
Tajikistan
Casahstan
Palau
New Zealand
Australia
Dominica
Bahamas
St. Lucia
Uruguay
Jamaica
Cuba
Guyana
Paraguay
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Canada
Angola
Tunisia
Namibia
Uganda
Mozambique
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Zambia
Rwanda
Ethiopia
Morocco
Algeria
Egypt
