On Monday 21 December, Member States’ experts meeting within the European Crisis Response Committee (IPCR) discussed the consequences of a new variant of the coronavirus for the free movement of persons.
The day before, more than 15 Member States had closed their borders with the United Kingdom in an attempt to stop the spread of this highly contagious variant on the continent.
No decision has been taken at this stage, but a meeting of Member States’ Ambassadors to the European Union...