BRUSSELS Europe is “on thin ice” in its battle against COVID-19, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday as EU leaders agreed that vaccinations should be sped up to fight the delta variant.
Updated: 25 Jun 2021, 5:55
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SPAIN has indicated it will fight any Franco-German attempt to get the rest of Europe to introduce quarantine for British holidaymakers.
Maria Reyes Maroto, Spain s Tourism Minister, appeared to put her country on a collision course with EU leaders by insisting before the UK’s new traffic light announcement: “Hopefully we can begin to receive British tourists soon.”
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Spain s tourism minister Maria Reyes Maroto said she hopes Spain will begin to receive British tourists soonCredit: Rex
Speaking today at an event organised by leading Spanish newspaper El Pais, she said: “We don’t have any restrictions on tourists from the UK at the moment.
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