EU unveils plans to save vacations and avoid a lost summer The European Union has unveiled its plan to salvage its citizens' summer vacations and help resurrect Europe's badly battered tourism industryBRUSSELS -- The European Union unveiled Wednesday its plan to help citizens across the 27 nations salvage their summer vacations after months of tough coronavirus confinement and to hopefully resurrect Europe’s badly battered tourism industry. Faced with a disease about which much is still unknown, national capitals have tended to go it alone, and they - not the EU Commission - have the final say over health and security matters. The commission’s over-arching advice is that EU countries with similar rates of coronavirus infections and comparably strong health care systems should begin lifting border measures between each other. Austria and Germany said Wednesday they plan to start loosening border controls this weekend after two months of restrictions. That would save time for consumers and spare airlines and operators the cost of refunds in some cases.

Source: ABC News May 13, 2020 10:41 UTC