In this extraordinary period, restrictions are being imposed on many EU internal borders for health security reasons. It is however important to ensure that frontier workers would not be faced with unfair conditions, when compared to those imposed to workers not crossing the border.
Commission’s Communication C(2020) 1753, on “Guidelines for border management measures (…)”, clearly points in that direction:
“23. Member States should permit and facilitate the crossing of frontier workers, in particular but not only those working in the health care and food sector, and other essential services (e.g. child care, elderly care, critical staff for utilities) to ensure continued professional activity.”
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In my home town, the hospital has a far-reaching agreement with the nearby French hospital just 3 km away. They each provide specific services to the cross-border population. If the medical staff is prevented from crossing the border to go to work or if French patients are prevented from crossing the border to get their treatment, the death toll in both countries will go up - and not only because of the viral infection crisis we face. It is crucial that we find ways to preserve these cross-border interactions - making sure they take place in the same safe conditions as they do domestically. It is not the border the issue, it is to keep your distances, whever you live and work !
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