European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and European Council President Charles Michel during a press conference after a video summit of the European Council members, in Brussels, Belgium, 21 January 2021. EU member countries' heads of states and governments agreed on keeping the intra-EU borders open although restrictions on non-essential travel are an option in order to combat the spread of the pandemic Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus and its variants.
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