Germany: Angela Merkel Wants All Britons To Quarantine When Visiting The EU
Germany will today try to ban British travelers from the EU regardless of whether or not they have had a Covid-19 vaccine.
Angela Merkel, the country's Chancellor, is pushing for the divisive move to designate Britain as a 'country of concern' due to the fact the excessive wide variety of Delta variant cases.
French President Emmanuel Macron has given his backing for the thought however numerous Mediterranean countries are expected to withstand any such restrictions.
Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Portugal could defy an EU-wide ban in a bid to shield their massive tourism economies, with Spain additionally adamant on placing its personal border policy.
Malta and the Spanish Balaeric Islands will go on to the UK 'green list' from Wednesday with flight prices rocketing as thousands of Britons choose the destinations for their summer time getaways.
Portugal on the different hand, having been eliminated from the 'green list' over variant concerns, has now enforced a obligatory quarantine on unvaccinated Britons visiting to the mainland, even though the famous tourist island of Madeira is on the 'green list'.
Malta likewise will require UK visitors who are not entirely vaccinated to quarantine on arrival from June 30.
But the concept of a blanket quarantine for all UK arrivals in to the EU has created frustration for some of the bloc's countries.
Boris Johnson is set to meet Ms Merkel at his Chequers country house on Friday with a hope to persuading her to back down.
A No 10 spokesman stated the pair will talk about 'deepening the UK-German relationship and the world response to the coronavirus pandemic'.
The outgoing Chancellor's position has alternatively been described as 'increasingly isolated' by government sources. One informed The Times: 'A lot of countries will assume it is their personal choice and not one to be decided in Berlin.'
Henry Smith, Conservative chairman of the Future Aviation Group, called France and Germany's push 'more of a political effort' than a demand based on Covid-19 data.
'I suppose the EU likely sees attempting to shut Britain out of global travel as being a competitive benefit to themselves, but I assume that's pretty short sighted,' he informed The Telegraph.
'Good luck getting the Spanish Greeks and Portuguese to agree to that, due to the fact I assume they will rightly look at the imperatives for their economy.'
If the move is agreed by the EU it would negate from Mr Johnson's plan to permit double-vaccinated Britons to go to amber-list countries without quarantining on return.
The scheme could come in in August, after the Prime Minister hopes for global tour to restart on July 19.