Internal border control measures “do not stop the virus, but they do considerable damage to the Internal Market”, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at a press briefing on Wednesday 17 February, calling on the Member States to find the right “balance” between protecting the health of citizens and protecting free movement and the Internal Market.
The President was speaking the day after Commissioner Didier Reynders and Commissioner Ylva Johansson had...