Posted on 06/28/2021 8:43:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Germany and France will today attempt to introduce a mandatory two-week quarantine for all British tourists travelling to the EU.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron have relaunched a bid to enforce a Europe-wide rule for UK residents travelling to any country in the bloc.
Under the proposed plans, even fully vaccinated holidaymakers would be forced to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival.
Ms Merkel is pushing to designate the UK as a ‘country of concern’ amid rising cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread across the entire country.
However, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Malta are said to be set on defying a blanket rule and implementing their own border policies, reported The Times.
From Thursday, the only European destinations on the UK Government’s ‘green list’ will be Malta, Gibraltar, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
The Balearic Islands of Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca, along with the Portuguese islands of Madeira, have been added to the ‘green watch list’.
This means that if the data changes and infection rates go up, they could be swiftly moved to the amber category.
Several countries have already imposed their own policies, with Portugal introducing a 14-day quarantine period for unvaccinated UK tourists arriving on the mainland.
From today, Brits must show they were fully vaccinated at least a fortnight ago in order to avoid self-isolating. The new rules will last until at least July 11.
Meanwhile, just hours after Malta was added to the green list, it announced a fortnight-long quarantine for UK holidaymakers who haven’t received the jab.
A British Government source told The Times that Ms Merkel is looking ‘increasingly isolated’ in her Europe-wide bid, adding: ‘A lot of countries will think it’s their own decision and not one to be decided in Berlin.’
Boris Johnson is set to meet Ms Merkel at Chequers, his Buckinghamshire country residence, on Friday in the hopes of persuading her to back down.
A No 10 spokesman said the two leaders will discuss ‘deepening the UK-German relationship and the global response to the coronavirus pandemic’.
Conservative chairman of the Future Aviation Group Henry Smith, believes Germany and France’s efforts are ‘more of a political effort’ and less based on Covid data.
He told The Telegraph: ‘I think the EU probably sees trying to shut Britain out of international travel as being a competitive advantage to themselves, but I think that’s quite short sighted.
‘Good luck getting the Spanish Greeks and Portuguese to agree to that, because I think they will rightly look at the imperatives for their economy.’
Meanwhile, millions of muslims from Africa are in aiding Europe without any health restrictions.
The West is being led by a debased, debauched, and delusional ruling class which should burn when we burn.
Another FU to the UK for having the nerve to Brexit.
Germany has 84 million people, almost 100,000 covid deaths and almost 4 million total cases.
The UK has 67 million people, 130,000 covid deaths and almost 5 million total cases
France has 65 million people, 111,000 covid deaths and almost 6 million total cases
Adjusted for population and higher percentage of elderly in the UK, that puts the UK sandwiched between Germany and France in cases and deaths. = on the average, no big difference. Which means Merkel really has no solid ground footing for restricting double-vaccinated Brits.
What, pray tell, will the socialists allow if one received 24 COVID “vaccines?”
Does this mean he can travel then?
Such BS from the creeps “in charge.”
This is so dumb - all of Europe will have waves of Delta Airlines virus or whatever the hell they want to call it by next month. They’ve all largely reopened and still have lower overall vax rates than the UK.
"Honey, the Covid got me. I got the Delta blues."
This will never end. No one should be taking this stupid vax.
Spain is not going to agree to this and would look upon the EU ban as a way to get even more Brits to come over.
IOW, the “vaccines” don’t work.
At least as far as our health goes.
It never was about protecting us from an “epidemic”.
Simple solution:
Stay the hell out of Germany.
Spend your money at home, or in some nation that appreciates your business.
I think you hit the issue and didn’t realize it. Their vax rate is LOWER than that of the UK. So it is already understood the vax can protect you from the severe effects of the virus, you can transmit it. Merkel’s unvaccinated are at serious risk.
Those numbers actually do not matter at this point.
What is the vaccination rate? Countries with poor or low vaccination rates are actually wise to close their borders until their people are vaccinated, infected/recovered.
The metric we need to be looking at has changed as the world progresses through this crisis. And yes, we have to move through this, any country thinking they can stop infection is looking for a miracle that doesn’t exist.
This is where the virus messaging is being used to terrorize the world. A fast moving, highly transmissible bioweapon will overrun an unprepared medical system. The crime is what the “elite experts” have done to stop all prehospital treatments.
Fuhrer Merkel wants to control Britain.
Please speculate about Phase 3.
This is Yurp bitterness and butt-hurt over the UK’s secession from the EUSSR. Nothing else.
Back In The EUSSR!
>>What, pray tell, will the socialists allow if one received 24 COVID “vaccines?”
>>Does this mean he can travel then?
NO. Only if you have banked sufficient carbon offset credits. #GlobalWarmingTravelRestrictions
Multiple scientists have estimated that a new variant is emerging every few hours or days.
If you remember the first hyped variant was in the UK.
The India took the mantle when they dared to deploy Ivermectin broadly.
Dare to defy globalists and your literally a deadly risk to humanity.
All except China of course, that’s the model for the populous.
The Middle East fell off the planet, they are never part of the story, it’s a can of worms for another day for globalists.
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