The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced on Monday 16 March that all non-essential travel, i.e. leisure travel by non-Member State nationals to Member States of the EU, the Schengen area or Schengen-associated countries, will be restricted for a period of 30 days in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
This announcement, which echoes that made for the Europeans last week by US President Donald Trump, was made at the conference with the G7 Members and will be...