2021-03-02 07:05:50 GMT2021-03-02 15:05:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COPENHAGEN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A formal letter of disapproval from the European Commission, sent to six European Union (EU) member states contravening the open border policy of the Schengen Treaty, has been met with silence or intransigence from government officials.
All six EU states have 10 days to respond to the commission after receiving the letter on Feb. 22. According to the EU laws, if the member states fail to undertake necessary measures, the commission could take legal actions against them.
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The four-page document, sent to Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Belgium and Hungary, highlights the commission's concern that their unilateral border control measures to curb the spread of the pandemic risk "fragmentation and disruptions to free movement and to supply chains," according to Christian Wigand, a spokesperson for the commission.