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Reopening the EU for summer is 'a very tall order'

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For the EU to reopen summer, an awful lot of things will have to go right, and they will have to go right in all member states at the same time.

The pandemic has ravaged the European tourism sector by crushing its two fundamental requirements: the ability for people to travel, and then congregate when they get there, in cafes, restaurants, museums, nightclubs, hotels, bars, plazas and beaches.

Europe has been in lockdown since mid-March. Borders have closed, airlines have been pushed to the brink of bankruptcy, all indoor, and most outdoor, social activity has ground to a halt.

In the passport free Schengen Area, 17 out of 26 countries have closed their borders. The European Commission's plan published today is about how to reverse that in

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