The European Commission will present the package of guidelines and recommendations adopted on 13 May to help gradually lift travel restrictions across Europe and allow tourism businesses to reopen after months of lockdown.
When: Thursday, 28 May 2020, 10.00 – 12.00 CEST
Where: European Parliament, Antall building, room 4Q1, Brussels
The meeting will be livestreamed here (Parliament’s Multimedia Centre).
Members of the Committee on Transport and Tourism will be able to participate remotely. Committee Chair Karima Delli (Greens/EFA, FR), as well as a few other MEPs, will be present in the meeting room.
Background
Timeline:
- 24 March 2020: Members of the Tourism Task Force of the Transport and Tourism Committee call on the Commission to present a tourism rescue action plan, which ensures timely national and European assistance for the travel and tourism sector, including via national compensation schemes and financial aid instruments, and establishes a crisis-management mechanism for the sector.
- 21 April 2020: The Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee reiterates, in a debate with Commissioner Thierry Breton, that the tourism sector needs more support in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis through specific measures, funding, increased EU-level coordination and a targeted roadmap.
The Commission’s package includes:
Information to the media
Journalists are advised not to attend in person unless absolutely necessary. If you do, you are requested to respect the recommended guidelines on social distancing and hygiene.
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