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The European Union is preparing to ban American travelers from entering the bloc when it reopens its borders to the outside world on July 1, lumping the U.S. in with Russia and Brazil in terms of countries that have failed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, according to the New York Times.
Why it matters: It's an international rebuke of the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic. Millions of American tourists travel to the EU every summer, but that's unlikely to happen until the U.S. gets the virus under control.
Travelers around the world have been banned from traveling to the EU since mid-March, but countries have been starting to lift travel restrictions to fellow member states within the bloc over the past few weeks.
The final decision on which countries will be excluded from the EU's list of admissible travelers is expected early next week, before the bloc reopens on July 1.
Between the lines: Member states are considering two potential lists of acceptable travelers, depending on how their countries are faring during the pandemic, according to the Times.
Both lists reportedly include China, as well as developing nations like Uganda, Cuba and Vietnam.
The big picture: Trump infuriated European leaders when he suddenly announced a ban on most EU citizens traveling to the U.S. in mid-March, when Italy, Spain and others were struggling to handle their outbreaks.
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(13,598 posts)hlthe2b
(102,276 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)We obviously can't control the virus as a nation.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)actually, I applaud their actions
angrychair
(8,699 posts)How am I supposed to "leave the country if I don't like it" when it's their own incompetence that is keeping me here.
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)how many other countries/Islands will do the same thing. Everyone around the world knows we are a Covid hot spot.
Other countries and Caribbean islands need to protect their own populations.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Not that I blame them.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)They should restrict, but it would make sense that they would have a testing regimen to determine who could enter. Banning countries is an idiotic Trump method, since a sick citizen from a banned country could travel through an accepted country and show up at EU Customs. Then what?