There are those who want to secure the borders against new infections from Covid variants, and those who press for a passport of vaccinations to restart tourism.
There are those who, like Angela Merkel, are open to the use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, subject to the green light of the EMEA, and those who, like the Hungarian Viktor Orban, are moving forward and have already given the okay to the antidote promoted by Moscow. Once again the European family showed up in random order at the videoconference convened by Council President Charles Michel, but emerged a little more convinced on the need for new health controls at the borders. The mutations and the new upsurge of epidemic curves are worrying, as are possible blanket closures, the result of a lack of coordination. They would be “senseless”, according to the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and would jeopardize the single market, plunging the Union back into the chaos of a year ago.
by Xavier Cuesta – European Correspondent – EN