is spain bigger than uk

First, we have to understand that European countries can be A)“Great Powers” B)“Middle Powers” C) “Small powers”. Now, What about Spain? "Spain's tourism association - known as CEHAT - has offered to pay for tourists to take coronavirus tests and called the quarantine decision "illogical" and "unfair".But a UK minister showed no signs of budging, saying "within individual countries there is no way for us to control intra-country transport" so it is "very difficult" to have regional exemptions.He said ministers looked at the data on Saturday afternoon and acted as quickly as they could - and the Department for Transport stands ready to do the same again.Speaking to Sky News, health minister Helen Whately urged people to work from home when they return from Spain and asked employers to "be supportive".France said at the weekend that its R-rate was up to 1.3 - with countries aiming for 1 or less in order to contain the virus. Despite the high unemployment rate in Spain, there are plenty of opportunities ranging from seasonal work in the tourist areas to IT jobs in international companies in the bigger cities. That’s because the world’s coronavirus problem is much bigger than we thought. We do not understand how the Canary Islands can be included. Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, whose work helped bring about the lockdown, said on Tuesday that the UK had worried more about arrivals from China, other Asian countries and the US than Europe. We will be operating our scheduled programme of flights back to the UK from these destinations," they added.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the move was an "error" and "not justified", adding the country is in talks with UK authorities to make them reconsider their decision.Spain's government has been calling for the UK to exempt travellers to the Balearic and Canary Islands from the newly announced two-week quarantine.Tourism minister Reyes Maroto insisted it was safe for holidaymakers to visit the popular destinations.She said: "We've been talking all weekend. "The decision to impose a quarantine for travellers returning from Spain has been taken by all the devolved administrations in charge of health policy in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.According to The Times, trips to France, Italy and Greece are being cancelled in "large numbers" following the ruling by ministers on Spain, a development likely to heap further pressure on an already under-strain travel sector.British Airways and easyJet both expressed "disappointment" with the Spain quarantine decision, but said flights would not be immediately affected.BA added that customers who no longer wished to travel to Spain could contact them to claim a voucher for future travel, while easyJet has said customers can transfer their flights without a change fee or get a voucher for the value of their booking.

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