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The new restrictions announced in Western European countries determine that Romanians established there do not return home during the holidays.
In Germany, for example, everything will be closed from Wednesday until the first half of January. Other European countries could introduce similar measures, due to the explosion of COVID-19 cases.
Lucas is from Caraş-Severin, but has lived in North Rhine-Westphalia for 9 years. It tells us that Germany will close for a few weeks. Only the street lights will remind you that it is a vacation.
Lucas, novel from Germany: „Everything closes … nothing is open anymore. “
Reporter: What are you going to do?
Luke: “I think I’ll stay home …”
Iuliana has lived in Leizig for 20 years, has a German husband and would have liked to visit her parents in Constanta. But they both decided not to come to protect them. It is also concerned about the warnings received from the German authorities.
Iuliana Știrbu, Romanian from Germany: “We all have friends, we live here. Home …”
Adrian Medrea, novel from Germany: “We will celebrate in Germany, although it was a tradition for us to go home, in Romania we will have a virtual meeting.”
Romanians in Germany I say that the authorities there have an easier mission, as long as the people of the communities have understood that they have to comply, even if it is Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Plus, the fines are huge! In the German Länder, they can no longer leave after 10pm, and home visits will only be allowed between December 24 and 26, maximum 4 guests and only family members.
Luke: „The fine is 2,000 euros for the host, up to 50,000 euros, if you have many guests, and then the guests take at least 500 euros per person. Let’s celebrate on Skype! “
Iuliana Știrbu: “We all understand that this is the only way to get through this period”
Camelia and Laurenţiu have lived in Sicily, Italy, for more than 17 years. He would have liked to go home this year, with the relatives of Mureş and Iaşi, but they gave up on this plan.
Camelia Mariș: „We are waiting for the new decree from one day to the next, to see what restrictions there will be. I understood that there will be much more drastic restrictions, until now they said that we are not allowed to go from one city to another, after 22:00 we cannot leave the house, everyone at home ”.
Other Romanians in Italy are also afraid to go on vacation. He is concerned about the uncertainty that looms across Europe.
Gabriela Câmpianu: “Here in Italy we have many restrictions, we cannot even celebrate the holidays with friends. For the holidays, the yearning for home is the most difficult, we try to call each other as often as we can. This is what we will do for the holidays, we celebrate the Christmas and New Years by phone “
But there are also Romanians who want to go home. They say they want to be with their families and, in addition, we have more relaxed measures. The terraces are open, there are no traffic bans and cabins can be rented for family parties. But wait a few more days until they make a final decision. Everyone fears that the authorities may close the borders of the countries in which they live.
