EU warns Britain of legal challenge if France's quarantine exemption is not granted to all members

Brussels has warned Britain it risks costly lawsuits in the European Court of Justice if it fails to extend coronavirus quarantine measures to all EU citizens. Britain is considering exempting France from rules to make people self isolate 14 days upon arrival, but the European Commission said the offer should be extended to any of the other 26 EU member states with a similar coronavirus risk profile. Leading Euroseptics on Wednesday urged the Government to ignore the threat, and called upon it to act ruthlessly in the national interest. A commission spokesman said: "If there was a member state that was discriminating and was not in line with EU legislation, the commission would intervene. People travelling from the same place could not be forced into quarantine on the basis of their nationality, the spokesman said. “That would be something which would draw our attention,” he added. The commission can bring lawsuits which can ultimately lead to huge daily fines levied by the EU’s top court in Luxembourg. Despite Brexit, Britain remains subject to the European Court of Justice until the end of the transition period at the end of this year.<br/>