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Transportation Commissioner Valean sees the same situation as at the beginning of the crown crisis in March. Once again, the Commission’s recommendations were not followed.
EU Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean has France blamed truck chaos in south-east England. “I condemn yourself France run against our recommendations and brought us back to where we were in March when supply chains were broken, “Valean tweeted on Thursday night. London and Paris agreed to keep the borders open over Christmas.
Valean praised the British side. Authorities would test 300 drivers per hour. “I am pleased that trucks are slowly crossing the English Channel right now.” The commissioner called on EU member states to relax rest periods and lift bans on driving during holidays so that drivers can return to their families in time for Christmas.
Eurotunnel will remain open during Christmas
British Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced that he and his French colleague Jean-Baptiste Djebbari had agreed to keep the Franco-British border open at Eurotunnel, Dover and Calais over Christmas so that “truckers and citizens can come as soon as possible. possible You can go home, “he announced on Twitter. Djebbari confirmed the deal.
France it had closed the borders due to the rapid spread of the new Corona variant in Britain and did not reopen until Wednesday evening. Because truck drivers to enter after France But now they have to present a negative corona test, it will be days before the accumulation of several thousand vehicles is reduced. Corona tests would continue, Shapps wrote.
15 members of the fire department and 10 volunteers from the civil defense France will help test truck drivers in the southeastern port city of Dover, the prefecture of the Hauts-de-France region in northern France announced on Twitter on Thursday. Additionally, 10,000 corona tests were sent across the English Channel.
Denmark allows planes to land again
From Christmas Day, planes from Great Britain will be able to land again in Denmark. The flight ban for UK passenger jets will be lifted on December 25 at midnight, the Danish Foreign Ministry’s Citizenship Service announced on Twitter late Wednesday. However, Danish residents are strongly advised not to travel to Denmark and to follow the advice of the UK authorities.
The Danish Ministry of Justice announced Tuesday evening that stricter entry restrictions would be introduced for foreigners residing in the UK. These people will no longer be able to enter the country from December 25 to January 3. Some exceptions, including family members and partners of seriously ill patients, can still enter the country if they have a negative corona test.
(WHAT / dpa)
