The French government’s official spokesman, Gabriel Attal, said after a weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday that Paris would ease travel restrictions from the UK to France “by the end of the week”.
The Guardian reported Attal as saying: “I confirm that a further easing of the restrictions with the UK will be announced in the coming days,” Attal told reporters: “Work is continuing. I hope that the announcement can be made by the end of the week.”
France tightened restrictions on travel from and to Britain on 18 December to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.
It effectively banned all non-essential journeys by requiring vaccinated and unvaccinated travellers to show a “compelling reason” for travel, just as the winter sports season should have been in full flow.
