it's across Europe businesses are
starting to reopen and children are
heading back to school as lockdown
conditions are being rolled back as they
enter this new phase of dealing with the
pandemic governments are trying to
balance how to give their citizens back
their freedoms but also protecting them
from the virus a Europe correspondent
Gavin Leary reports a coffee on the
terrace of a Seville bar this morning a
moment that could be taken for granted
before the lockdown now after two months
of strict confinement cafe life is a
possibility across much of Spain
provided customers stay outside small
shops as well as museums and theaters
are back in business - with confinement
rules in place but the biggest cities
and worst hit areas of Madrid Barcelona
and Valencia are still exempt miss hotel
in the capital was granted special
permission to reopen today tomorrow may
have a health and safety measures are
being taken both for the employees and
for the guests who come to the hotel to
ensure that everything will go smoothly
from when they enter at the check-in
area there is safety distance masks
disinfectant jail for both employees and
customers and there are some security
screens to avoid any contact with the
virus in the French capital Paris the
roads were busier this morning public
transport - for safety reasons I see
that everybody is following the rules
and wearing masks it's really good it's
good to also wash your hands people no
longer have to fill in forms to leave
the house are allowed to travel up to a
hundred kilometres and parks and forests
are open people can also gather in
groups of 10 but official government
advice bans hugging handshakes and
kissing France has been split into
so-called green and red zones to mark
out we're covered 19 is most contagious
we're easing measures will be slower
there's a notable difference here in
Brussels today and across Belgium cities
because all shops retail stores and
businesses are reopening again and
people are getting used to the new
social distancing rules in place for
high street shopping the lockdown
measures have also been relaxed across
Germany in the last few days with shops
hotels and restaurants reopening but
there's a question over whether it's
been too much too fast after the
reproduction rate increased in the past
two days - above the critical value of
one the Chancellor Angela Merkel will
meet with her cabinet later today
Gavin Lee BBC News Belgium