European Commission wants borders open by end of June

The European Commission has called on all EU member countries to lift their border restrictions by the end of this month and allow passport-free travel across the bloc.

BBC News reports that Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson says the virus situation was "fast improving".

Johansson says they are coming very close to a situation where they should lift all the internal border restrictions and border checks.

She told broadcaster Euronews that "a good date should be the end of June".

She also said she was happy to see that EU members were already easing border controls.

Across Europe, countries are phasing out their domestic restrictions and some have begun to reopen borders over recent days.

There's no indication yet as to when the EU's external borders will reopen.

[Source: BBC]