MUSICIANS and artists need visa-free access to EU countries to enable them to tour once the coronavirus restrictions are lifted, Scotland’s Culture Secretary has argued.
Fiona Hyslop said post-Brexit travel arrangements had imposed “huge barriers” on the culture sector.
In the aftermath of the Brexit transition period, musicians no longer have assurances of visa-free travel around the EU.
She said: “Scotland didn’t vote for Brexit, but Scottish artists and musicians are facing huge barriers to touring and other short-term international work compared to their EU counterparts and will have to understand and comply with 27 different visa regimes.”
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Hyslop has written to Oliver Dowden, the UK Culture Secretary, seeking an urgent meeting and imploring the UK Government to “take action”.
“It remains a fact that Europe is the most important international market…
— to www.thenational.scot
