“We have made progress in recent months”, but “I regret that so far we have not reached a common attitude of the Member States on travel rules”, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday 22 June, on the sidelines of a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who was in Berlin to present the evaluation of the German recovery plan.
Merkel referred to the situation in Portugal, which she said could have been avoided.
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