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Why do travel organisers still require "full immunisation"?
In the EU, a set of three Covid vaccinations was titled "full immunisation" in 2021 which is tantamount to "complete protection" from Covid.
Meanwhile it has turned out that the ...
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Why does the EU require reciprocity to classify China as a safe country (for the purpose of Covid entry regulations)?
There is an EU travel ban in place for non-essential travel, except from EU/EEA/Schengen countries and certain safe countries.
The list as of June 20, 2021 includes
Based on the criteria and ...
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What's the rationale of EU Covid passports when EU seems to be near herd immunity level?
Judging from plummeting cases in spite of slowly lifted restrictions EU reached herd immunity somewhere (guesstimate) around late April. Simultaneously, EU wants to implement Covid passports from 1st ...
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Why hasn't the EU approved Russia's COVID vaccine yet? [closed]
Hungary started to administer the Russain-developed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines recently while the EU did not authorize it yet (see e.g. https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/20/sputnik-v-why-hasn-t-the-eu-...
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EU Vaccine export controls - what actually happened?
I've seen quite a few news reports recently over the EU's introduction of new export rules to control vaccines leaving the bloc. The BBC is a British outlet and perhaps, given Brexit, may put a more ...
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Why does the Czech government need EU permission to change the way vaccines are administered?
According to the Twitter of Andrej Babiš (Czech prime minister):
This evening I have asked the EC President @vonderleyen
to explore and approve together with @EMA_News
as soon as possible the ...
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Is there a way for the EU except for Hungary and Poland to use Pandemic Relief Funds without approval coming from Hungary and Poland?
According to npr.org, the EU has a hard time passing the EU Budget which contains the pandemic relief funds for hard-hit nations.
The European Union's landmark stimulus plan to assist member states
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How has the support for integration within the EU changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?
I'm interested in any surveys studying the popular support for EU and EU integration done in the EU memberstates within the period of the coronavirus. How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the EU's ...
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Are there any estimates how may US citizens (or residents) have traveled to the EU after the Covid-19 "travel ban" was imposed?
Politico reported in August that numerous loopholes apparently existed in the EU's (Covid-19) travel "ban" that supposedly kept out US citizens/residents. Among these loopholes were (fake) ...
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Did the EU PPE Scheme deliver anything?
Towards the end of April 2020, there was significant criticism of the UK government for not joining an EU wide procurement scheme for PPE equipment.
Guardian 22nd April
Statements from around the same ...
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Are the 2020 ESM "coronavirus" MoUs substantially the same as the 2012-2013 ESM MoUs?
It's been asserted (more specifically now) in an answer to another question here that the 2012 (actually Jan 2013) ESM MoUs are effectively the same as the 2020 ESM "coronavirus" MoUs.
Reasons I'm ...
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Significance of "meaningful steps towards fiscal union", in the context of Italy's rejection of part of covid aid/loan package? [duplicate]
If you read some of the news about Italy's turning down of some of the parts of the covid loan/rescue package, a number of sites have the same exact quote.
Analysts said the measures had helped ...
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Why is Italy rejecting 39 billion euros of EU coronavirus aid?
According to tagesschau.de (original article in German, translation here), in response to the European Union's coronavirus aid package, Italy's government has made it clear that "[they] don't want ...
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How has public opinion of the European Union changed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis?
The response of the EU to the COVID-19 pandemic has not exactly been unified. Despite finally reaching agreement on a €500bn rescue package on Thursday, this came after weeks of argument, particularly ...
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What did the US CDC say about COVID-19 human-to-human transmission between Jan 14 and 21?
From (answers to) a related question, the WHO had mostly changed their public stance on the human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 after Jan 22, while giving mostly "negative signals" on this matter ...