All UK holidaymakers could be banned from taking a break anywhere in the EU - including Portugal, Spain, Greece and Italy under new proposals being discussed today in the European Union (EU).
German chancellor Angela Merkel will today try to get the EU to impose an effective ban on UK travellers and holidaymakers by having Britain declared a 'country of concern', reports The Times.
If the suggestion goes ahead, it would mean Brits could not go on holiday to EU destinations despite any country being added to the green list for safe travel by the UK Government - regardless of their vaccination status.
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The options will be discussed on Monday by senior officials in the European Union.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Angela Merkel to the UK to discuss the move, among other issues.
It comes as the UK prepares to add more countries to the green list - meaning anyone who travels to those destinations does not have to quarantine for 10 days on arrival back in the UK.
And the UK Government is looking at whether people who have had two doses of the vaccine could ravel to amber list countries without having to quarantine.
Countries recently added to the green list:
- Malta
- Balearic Islands - Mallorca (Majorca), Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera
- Madeira
- Caribbean Islands - Anguila, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, and Turks and Caicos Islands
Countries that have remained on the green list:
- Australia
- Brunei
- Singapore
- South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
- St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Gibraltar
- Iceland
- Israel and Jerusalem
- New Zealand
