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I’m sorry, have you lived in Europe recently? Paid any attention to the news this year? Every country in that agreement reserves the right to restrict travel in
by chrismeller 6y ago
I’m sorry, have you lived in Europe recently? Paid any attention to the news this year? Every country in that agreement reserves the right to restrict travel in times of emergency. Pandemics apply. For instance:
Estonia forbids travel from any country with an infection rate higher than x/100k (x keeps changing...)
During the first pandemic lockdown the Baltics were open at first, then Finland shut their borders, then they all shut their borders.
Poland agreed to let people traverse the country... then decided not to. Estonia had to send a ship to rescue citizens from the Polish border.
For a while a few months ago you couldn’t come to Estonia from the UK, but if you flew into Helsinki and then flew to Estonia it was fine.
Know your facts.
- vntok 6y agoHum yes, I'm French and have lived here for about 30 years or so. Travel across the EU is much much easier if you're a EU citizen, ceteris paribus. It's actually pretty funny that you would refer to that convoluted situation where one would have to fly first to Helsinki then to Estonia, considering both Finland and Estonia are in Schengen so no document would be required of an EU citizen to adapt their travel plans at the last minute.
- chrismeller 6y agoWell then you haven’t paid attention to anything this year. Schengen means nothing during Corona.