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Gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU - updated list (16 July 2020)

Starting from 1 July 2020, member states started gradually lifting the travel restrictions at the external borders for residents of some third countries. The list has been updated on 16 July 2020 and includes the following countries:

Residents of Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican should be considered as EU residents for this purpose.

A recovery plan for Europe
To support EU citizens, businesses and countries in the recovery from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, EU leaders agreed to work on recovery plan for Europe. On 23 April 2020, they committed to establishing an EU recovery fund aimed at mitigating the effects of the crisis.

On 27 May 2020, the European Commission presented its proposal for the recovery plan a revised long-term EU budget and a temporary reinforcement of €750 billion (Next Generation EU).

These elements are in addition to the three safety nets of €540 billion already put in place by the EU to support workers, businesses and countries.

On 19 June 2020, the members of the European Council met via video conference. EU leaders discussed the long-term EU budget 2021-2027 and a recovery plan to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

Following the meeting, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel immediately started negotiations with member states and presented his new proposal (the so-called negobox) on 10 July 2020.

The proposal will be discussed by EU leaders at the special European Council that will take place in Brussels on 17-18 July 2020.

This press release was sourced from European Council on 15-Jul-2020.