Brussels’ long to-do list for 2023

The new year of relations between China and the EU is off to a shaky start: Anyone who wants to travel from the People’s Republic to certain EU states will have to provide a negative Covid test as of next week. Beijing is not very happy about this. But trouble also looms on the horizon in other areas.

Anyone entering the EU from China as of Sunday will have to present a negative Covid test in some member states, even before boarding the plane. This applies to France and Italy, for example. Germany has not yet announced any mandatory testing for passengers from the People’s Republic. After a Wednesday meeting of the EU crisis response team (IPCR) in Brussels regarding the Covid situation, a report was released stating that EU member states are „strongly encouraged“ to introduce mandatory pre-boarding Covid testing for all travelers.

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