All Member States - with the sole exception of Ireland - and the Schengen free movement area countries are now applying a temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the European Union, announced Adalbert Jahnz, Commission spokesperson on Home Affairs, on Tuesday 24 March.
Linked to a common travel area with the United Kingdom, which does not wish to apply the measure, the Republic of Ireland was unable to join the initiative.
The Commission proposed this measure on 16 March (see...