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Portugal is struck off the 'green list'

PORTUGAL IS STRUCK OFF THE 'GREEN LIST'Portugal will leave the British Government "green list" of international travel, due to the discovery of new variants and the increase in the number of infections in recent weeks, confirmed Transport Minister Grant Shapps.

The British minister said today, in an interview broadcast on Sky News, that it was a "difficult decision to make", citing two main reasons that are causing concern among British authorities.

"One is that the positivity rate has almost doubled since the last review in Portugal and the other is that there is a kind of Nepalese mutation of the so-called Indian variant that has been detected and we simply don't know the potential it might have to resist the vaccine." he explained.

Shapps said the government wants to ensure that the country does not import any more variants that jeopardize the decontamination plan, namely the fourth stage scheduled for June 21st, when all restrictions are expected to be lifted.

The new 'amber list' measure will take effect from 4:00 am on Tuesday, June 8th.

Countries on the “amber list” are subject to tighter restrictions, namely a 10-day quarantine on arrival in the UK and two PCR tests on the second and eighth day, as is already the case with most European countries, such as Spain, France and Greece.

Portugal was so far the only country in the European Union (EU) on the “green list”, which exempts travellers from quarantine on return to British territory, in force since 17th May.

This morning, the president of the Algarve Tourism Region (RTA) had said that, going forward, the measure would have “a very significant impact on the Algarve”.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the official opening of the bathing season in Lagos, João Fernandes noted: "We had a very robust and growing demand for the coming weeks, from the British market, with flights increasing their capacity, with reservations in the hotels consolidating since 17th May", the date on which Portugal (Algarve included) had been placed on the British green list.

This decision by the United Kingdom today announced "obviously" that it will be "a severe setback" for tourism, namely hotels, restaurants and all economic activities related to the sector, in the Algarve region.

This morning, when the British decision was still unknown, the head of Tourism in the Algarve had some hope, revealing that “the ECDC [European Center for Disease Control and Prevention] data has just come out, placing us among the three countries of the Europe with least incidence in the last 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants".

In view of these data, there was, in his opinion, "no reason for this risk review by the British" to remove our country from the list of safe countries to travel. But that was not the decision of the UK Government.

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-1 #40 Brook 2021-06-14 11:53
Comment from Stuart.
Tourists and pensioners. I can see Portugal has a bright future in your eyes, Brook! You should really try not to ignore the social, cultural and economic challenges of this country in the quest for blind nationalism. That could be called extremism!
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Stuart, just to set the record straight, I am very aware that Portugal has a lot of issues in relation to attracting inward investment.
I am aware of huge and unnecessary bureaucracy and lack of transparency in all matters concerning finance and taxation in Portugal.
International business would never consider Portugal as a base for business, as there would be too much concern about getting bogged down in a system that not fit for the purpose of modern business, the Government need to plan for a new model of finance and taxation for the future to even keep up with other EU countries.

However the question was "why do you think French people are coming to Portugal"

I think it's very reasonable to suggest that they are coming here for the same reason as most others
"For all year sunshine and a cheap standard of living."
-1 #39 Stuart Wood 2021-06-13 08:10
Quoting Brook:
Reg,
You are entitled to your opinion, but, that's all it is.
Your views are not based on fact, which is annoying.
I thought the following statement was funny.

Why do you think the French people are coming to Portugal !
Let me guess ... for excellent wine that is cheap and 340 days of sunshine annually ....


Can someone tell me which emoji has the forehead slap on it, please!
-1 #38 Stuart Wood 2021-06-13 08:07
Quoting Brook:
Quoting Chip:
Quoting Brook:

Why do you think the French people are coming to Portugal !
Let me guess ... for excellent wine that is cheap and 340 days of sunshine annually ....


You obviously haven't considered that the French have plenty of their own wine and a Mediterranean coastline.

...............

France is a beautiful country, but expensive to live in, and also, the whole population can't live in the south of France.
Furthermore, when you are at retirement age, you want your money to go further and Portugal provides this.


Tourists and pensioners. I can see Portugal has a bright future in your eyes, Brook! You should really try not to ignore the social, cultural and economic challenges of this country in the quest for blind nationalism. That could be called extremism!
-3 #37 Brook 2021-06-13 01:06
Quoting Chip:
Quoting Brook:
It's only the beginning Reg, there are huge changes coming down the road for the UK in the cost of food, and availability of some food items. Health, taxes, travel and so on will.

Typical comment from a Europhile Remainer.
Never any facts - always predictions of Armageddon.
Project Fear was tried once and the UK economy was supposed to be on its knees whereas it is performing better than ever and certainly better than the EU.

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Chip,
You obviously believe everything that Bojo Johnson has said, that Britain will be a great trading nation again ... who will Britain trade with ... and what will they sell, there is no car industry left after 12 years of Tory governments.
Will Johnson get a trade deal with the USA, its not looking good.
But you keep placing your trust in him and he will keep lying to you and the great British public .
-3 #36 Brook 2021-06-13 00:24
Quoting Chip:
Quoting Brook:

Why do you think the French people are coming to Portugal !
Let me guess ... for excellent wine that is cheap and 340 days of sunshine annually ....


You obviously haven't considered that the French have plenty of their own wine and a Mediterranean coastline.

...............

France is a beautiful country, but expensive to live in, and also, the whole population can't live in the south of France.
Furthermore, when you are at retirement age, you want your money to go further and Portugal provides this.
+2 #35 Chip 2021-06-11 10:29
Quoting Brook:

Why do you think the French people are coming to Portugal !
Let me guess ... for excellent wine that is cheap and 340 days of sunshine annually ....


You obviously haven't considered that the French have plenty of their own wine and a Mediterranean coastline.
+2 #34 Reg 2021-06-11 09:10
Quoting Brook:
Reg,
You are entitled to your opinion, but, that's all it is.
Your views are not based on fact, which is annoying.
I thought the following statement was funny.

Why do you think the French people are coming to Portugal !
Let me guess ... for excellent wine that is cheap and 340 days of sunshine annually ....

Brook
Are you serious? Don't they have sunshine in the South of France with a warmer Mediterranean than the Atlantic? Are they coming to Portugal because the wine is cheaper?
They are moving their money out of the country because of the unrest (their revolutions are not as peaceful as Portugal's) and Portugal gives better tax incentives than Spain. As I said changes will come not only in the UK.
-5 #33 Brook 2021-06-10 19:34
Reg,
You are entitled to your opinion, but, that's all it is.
Your views are not based on fact, which is annoying.
I thought the following statement was funny.

Why do you think the French people are coming to Portugal !
Let me guess ... for excellent wine that is cheap and 340 days of sunshine annually ....
+2 #32 Chip 2021-06-10 18:20
Brook says "There is NO hierarchy in the EU, each country has one vote, which means that all countries are equal, hence ... NO HIERARCHY!"
But the EU is run by the Commission which does not contain representatives from every country and is appointed, so undemocratic.
Far away from equality.
+2 #31 Reg 2021-06-10 14:52
Quoting Brook:
Reg,
There is NO hierarchy in the EU, each country has one vote, which means that all countries are equal, hence ... NO HIERARCHY!
I am astounded by the lack of knowledge that some people have of the EU, and Reg, I'm not getting at you exclusively
This "hierarchy" misconceptions seems to be a common theme in this comments section.

Where are these people getting their information from, is it hearsay, is it pub talk or social media, i find it is sad and also irritating, that people are so trusting to believe something without checking it out on an EU website or the UK government website.


No hierarchy just bullying the smaller countries that are reliant on EU's handouts.

I don't want to go over the whole BREXIT debate again but perhaps there are more people than you think who are aware of what is going on in the EU. Start reading some foreign newspapers a lot can be translated straight into English. Politico.eu (in English) will give you an idea of what is going on.

In September Angela Merckle, whether you like her or not but she has been a very stabilising influence, will be leaving and next year France will have a general election. There is a lot of unrest "gilet jeune". Why do you think so many French people are coming to Portugal? I could go on... but at least you have chosen the nicest country with the nicest people just shame it is in the EU.

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