mo4ch:>‘Contradicting the idea of solidarity’: France slams Italy for unilateral plan to reopen borders to tourists | Mo4ch News
Italy shouldn’t have moved to reopen its borders without coordinating with other EU member states first, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said, as non-uniform Covid-19 pandemic response keeps testing the block’s unity.Following more than two months of statewide lockdowns, Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Saturday that starting Italy will allow entrance to European tourists, while the mandatory 14-day quarantine will be scrapped starting June 3. France immediately slammed its neighbor for undermining the idea of European solidarity.“It’s very important for us to coordinate our decisions on the European level, especially, regarding the Schengen Area. But today it’s not happening,” Castaner said.Also on rt.comHungary’s Orban says Budapest lockdown will now be gradually lifted amid Covid-19 powers row with EUIn France, travel restrictions will remain in place until at least June 15, the minister said earlier this month. “The closure of the borders is the rule…