Deconfinement is on everyone’s lips and everyone gives recommendations. While the WHO recommends gradual deconfinement to avoid a second wave, and at a local level, Valérie Pécresse has announced gradual deconfinement of public transit, the European Commission has presented this Wednesday April 15th, its recommendations to member States for a successful and coordinated deconfinement.
“Action must be coordinated between the Member States to avoid negative spillover effects. This is a matter of common European interest.”, the European Commission says.
The European Commission bases its recommendations on three criteria. They are described as follows:
Brussels also insists on collaboration and coordination between member States while some countries are already phasing out.
Furthermore, the European Commission insist on the importance of “Digital technologies, mobile applications and mobility data that have enormous potential to help understand how the virus spreads and to respond effectively.” While reminding that these applications should be put in motion “without compromising on the EU privacy and data protection rules.”
Other recommendations from the Commission relies on the protection of elderly and vulnerable people with gradual deconfinement for them. “Teleworking” should be “encouraged”, the commission estimating that “the whole population should not return to the workplace at the same time”. As for schools, lunch time will have to be adapted and class sizes reduced.
As for borders, the European Commission demand first to lift control of the European Union internal borders, and only then the reopening of external borders.
