BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron called on June 18 for European Union countries to coordinate their COVID-19 border reopening policies and guard against new variants of the virus.
Reuters: Merkel and Macron urge EU coordination on reopening borders
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 15, 2020 Tourists wearing protective face masks walk past the Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) designed by Ieoh Ming Pei, at the Cour Napoleon, in Paris. - French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on June 16, 2021 that masks will be no longer compulsory outside in France from June 17, 2021.
