Germany announced on Wednesday it wants to close by the middle of next month checks at land borders introduced to fight the coronavirus as infection rates slow.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said to reporters the EU’s top economy had “set the clear goal of free travel in Europe by mid-June” and would start reducing some border checks this week.
Limitations on crossing the border imposed two months ago would be finished with Luxembourg and eased with Austria, Switzerland, and France from next Friday. Which is going to enabling business trips and family visits to take place.
The border controls with those neighbors would then end on June 15. Germany is assuming the virus outbreak is still seen to be under control.
Travel from non-EU countries such as the United States and Russia would remain restricted until at least June 15.
Germany still has a warning in force until mid-June against taking foreign holidays despite the easing of regulations among European partners.
