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Britain's decision to impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from France will lead to a reciprocal measure, French junior minister for European affairs Clement Beaune said late on Thursday.
A British decision that we regret and which will lead to a measure of reciprocity, hoping that things will return to normal as soon as possible," Beaune said on Twitter at midnight.
Une decision britannique que nous regrettons et qui entrainera une mesure de reciprocite, en esperant un retour a la normale le plus rapidement possible @Djebbari_JB https://t.co/6pA0qDQun6
La France regrette la decision du Royaume Uni et appliquera des mesures de reciprocite dans le champ des transports. J'ai dit a mon homologue @grantshapps notre volonte d'harmoniser les protocoles sanitaires pour assurer un haut niveau de protection des deux cotes de la Manche. https://t.co/bH7LkqD3LB
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