EU diplomats Friday reached a provisional deal on the criteria to determine which non-EU counties to allow into the bloc when it opens its borders from July 1
— and the United States wouldn't make the cut.
The diplomats decided to open up to countries that have a coronavirus infection rate that is equal to or lower than the EU average over the last two weeks per 100,000 inhabitants, three diplomats told POLITICO. In addition to the infection rate, Brussels will also evaluate if the trend has been increasing or decreasing, and look at a country's handling of the epidemic and the reliability of data.
The first iteration of the list, seen by POLITICO, includes 19 countries: Algeria, Andorra, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and the Vatican — and China. Countries will have to permit EU citizens to enter in order for their citizens to be allowed to travel to the EU from July 1, when external borders are expected to reopen. In the case of China, travel could resume even before July 1 as long as Beijing applies this condition of"reciprocity," one diplomat said.
As previously indicated by diplomats, the U.S. is not on the list, which the Commission has requested capitals finalize by July 1.
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