EU Eases Cross-Border Travel Restrictions During Summer

European Union countries have agreed to ease travel restrictions during the summer, allowing tourists who have received full vaccinations to avoid examinations or quarantine, as well as expanding the list of European Union regions from which it is safe to travel.

Portugal, the current president of the European Union, said ambassadors from the 27 member states had agreed to a revised proposal of the European Commission stipulating that those who received full vaccinations over a 14-day period could travel freely from one member state to another.

As for the restrictions imposed on other travelers, it will depend on the extent to which the countries they come from control the pandemic.

These revised guidelines come at a time when the European Union is moving to issue certificates proving that a person has received the vaccination or that he has immunity because he has been infected before or that he has recently taken a test that proves that he is free of the disease.

It is scheduled to activate this system by the first of July, although some countries will start issuing certificates before that date.

Visitors from other countries can also come to the European Union as long as they can prove that they have received the vaccination.