Boris set for showdown Chequers talks with Angela Merkel
Her plans would effectively end summer holiday hopes for families even though we have a higher vaccination rate than the continent.
The Transport Secretary said EU states with better vaccine programmes like Malta are still keen to welcome Brits. "But it is different in each country and largely driven by levels of vaccination that they have managed to achieve in each country."Grant Shapps has announced new additions to the travel green list
But he suggested this would only be to avoid being put on an EU travel "blacklist" over Delta variant concerns. In a major win for summer holidays, a bumper list of new destinations where Brits can travel without quarantine will open up from next week. Tim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, added: 'It's now or never if we are to have any sort of summer season.
The Transport Secretary refused to say three times whether he would personally book a holiday to one of the destinations being opened up.
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