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Published 11:23 18 Jun 2021 BST
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If ministers decide against the exemption though, UEFA is set to move the final to Budapest. Hungary will have no border restrictions within the Schengen zone as of next week. Budapest is also the only venue used at the tournament that has allowed full capacity at its matches.
The final at Wembley will only be at 50% of its 90,000 capacity for the semis and final.
The government is looking into the effect that the waiving of quarantine for the 2,500 VIPs may have, but they are eager to not have the final relocated. It is also thought that hosting the final could boost England's 2030 World Cup bid as it would allow Boris Johnson to meet senior figures from UEFA.
If the restrictions for the VIPs were waived though, it would surely stick in the throat of the millions of Brits who have been denied holidays over the past year.
It also should not go unnoticed that if the final were moved to Budapest, UEFA would be moving it to a nation that recently passed a law banning gay people from featuring in school educational material or TV shows for under-18s.
The measures have been likened to Russia's 2013 law against "gay propaganda," with Amnesty International's Hungarian chapter describing the new law as a "dark day for LGBTI rights and for Hungary."
But hey, who cares about that if 2,500 VIPs can attend a final there without having to quarantine, right UEFA?
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