Sweden Wants to See Fewer Russian Tourists – Spain Continues to Receive Many
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Sweden, along with ten other European countries, has called on the EU to severely restrict tourist visas for Russian citizens. At the same time, Spain continues to be one of the Schengen countries that issues the most such visas.
Immediately after the beginning of the war, the EU increased the visa allocation to Russian citizens. However, hundreds of thousands of people continue to travel to the EU every year – and can move freely in the Schengen area. Politicians and experts are horrified.
Hundreds of thousands of Russians still travel to European Union countries, even though visa rules for Russian citizens were tightened immediately after the invasion of Ukraine. Three Schengen countries are at the forefront of facilitating Russian tourists' vacations, one of which is Spain.
MEPs from the CDU and the FDP call for the EU Commission to end generous visas to Russian tourists quickly.
With hundreds of thousands of Russian tourists in the European Union, EU lawmakers are demanding swift countermeasures from Brussels. "Holidays in Europe must not become the norm for Russian citizens as long as the Kremlin continues its brutal war of aggression," MEP Verena Mertens (CDU) told the German newspaper "Die Welt" (Friday edition). "It cannot be that we simulate normality towards an aggressor state while Russia attacks the Ukrainian ci…
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