One of the basic principles of presence in the EU/Schengen domain is the unlimited number of EU citizens and their ability to move freely between Member States, however, the EU has invoked a measure for the transitional reintroduction of border controls between Member States, due to higher rates of Covid-19 infection, and also advocates the detection of arrivals from highly swollen areas before departure within the EU.
From 31 January (until 10 February), Spain and Portugal will establish position controls across the land border they share, a resolution announced through Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska. People can only cross between the two countries at designated border controls and at express times of the day, i. e. between 8 a. m. m. y. 10 a. m. or between 7 p. m, and 9 p. m. m. , basically to allow cross-border personnel to travel. They are part of a very small organization of other people who can now travel, adding residents, diplomats and aid staff.
Spain recorded a total of 2,830,478 instances of Covid-19 with 58,310 deaths, while in Portugal, another 720,510 people tested positive and 12,482 people died.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Jean Castex banned anyone arriving from outside the EU from making non-essential trips, as France tried to avoid a third national lockout. Anyone arriving in France should have proof of a negative result in the Covid -19 checks made no later than 72 hours before; Travellers from outside the EU will also have to be quarantined. France recorded 3,053,617 cases of Covid-19 infections with 73,049 deaths.
However, with all the bars and restaurants closed in France and many open across the border in Italy, all the locals who tried to cross in search of pizza and pasta clashed with the Italian police, verifying the correct roles and asking for a negative PCR.
Since 13 October 2020, the EU has been using a colour-coded soft traffic formula to determine where they deserve travel in Europe. For the most part, Member States have called for all arrivals from the red and yellow zones to be tested on arrival and quarantine (individual countries invoke other rules), sometimes taking the view that only an essential journey deserves to be made.
At a press conference on 1 February, the EU agreed to upload a new dark red color to the color-coded map, for anyone with a cumulative Covid-19 case reporting rate of 14 days out of 500, consisting of 100,000 inhabitants or more.
It now recommends that all travellers arriving in other EU spaces from dark red spaces should:
Countries are weak to implement these regulations, as they consider them to be compatible and may also impose similar measures ‘in spaces with the highest prevalence of different concerns’.