but it s really important to say that it isn t a europe-wide policy. and furthermore, when you get to europe, every country has different rules. so for example, here in the u.k., there s no mask wearing out of doors at all. but in countries such as spain, open spaces, yet, it s absolutely the norm to wear masks, and in the netherlands, if you fail to wear a mask, that s a fine of over $100. so it s a real patch work, and as cyril s report said, you need to absolutely need to make sure you know the rules of getting into the country and if you re combining multiple countries, have to do a lot of hard work. you have this patch work and the eu is using countries to coordinate nations around them so that you don t have this patch work, especially as they say, if you re traveling from country to country, that things won t be different. is there any chance that this harmonization will happen or will it be as you said before, sort of every country for
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detailed rule book. because ultimately, border controls and travel policy depend on individual member states. and what that means is that check the rules that apply to your specific european destination, because even though the eu says it wants to harmonize travel policy, requirements vary. for instance, holidaying on the french river ra for americans is already possible. the tourists who can show proof of vaccination plus a negative covid test. where as in greece, unvaccinated americans can go island hopping. all they need to show is the negative test. and a word of caution. these rules can change on a dime. european borders can be shut quickly depending on the pandemic, especially on the emergence of possible variants of concern. cyril varnier, cnn, london. so for more on this, let s bring in simon color, the travel editor from the independent and joining me via skype from bath,