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The Portuguese presidency of the Council of the EU has highlighted the "symbolic importance" of next week's summit between the European Union and the United States, which it believes has "the potential to be a key milestone" in renewing the transatlantic partnership.
2021-05-08 11:05:37 GMT2021-05-08 19:05:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Xinhua writers Chen Wenxian, Chen Zhanjie
VALLETTA, May 8 (Xinhua) With the speedy rollout of vaccinations, Europe has witnessed an improved COVID-19 pandemic situation and called for reopening its tourism sector.
The Digital Green Certificate, introduced by the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), and expected to be implemented from June, will help ease restrictions on non-essential travels to the EU.
Industry insiders and observers said that those measures will give a boost to the gloomy tourism sector though there is a long way to go before the sector reaches the pre-pandemic levels.
2021-04-28 02:05:44 GMT2021-04-28 10:05:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LISBON, April 28 (Xinhua) The Portuguese presidency of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday urged member states to act without delay to save European tourism from the COVID-19 crisis by speeding up a digital health passport scheme. The COVID-19 crisis put the sector under strong economic pressure and had a particularly serious impact on small- and medium-sized companies, which constitute the vast majority of companies active in tourism, said Portugal s Secretary of State for European Affairs Ana Paula Zacarias on behalf of the Portuguese EU presidency.
It is important to provide the necessary financial support to alleviate the lack of liquidity of many tourist companies, to avoid major job losses and to help the sector out of recession, she said in a plenary session of the European Parliament.
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