From: Simon Heywood (simon@triv.org.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 16 2004 - 16:21:32 CET
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 03:39:23PM +0100, Roland Bauerschmidt wrote:
> David N. Welton wrote:
> > I am citizen of the US, though, so I do (as far as I know). Mine is
> > about to expire, and I know they always ask for it at checkin time on
> > the plane...
> I'm aware that you are an American citizen, but I'm still pretty sure
> that you don't need a passport to travel within the EU once you're
> there. Since there aren't any proper borders anymore, there would at
> least be no way to enforce that...
Bear in mind that EU != Schengenland[1]. Only thirteen current EU
countries have signed up; the UK and Ireland haven't. But then lots of
EU countries tend to rely on internal checks (e.g. ID cards), so it's
all quite complicated, really. ;-)
S.
[1] Europe's border-free scheme.
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