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Hi
My UK/EU passport expired last June, however I hope to at least visit Europe fairly soon. So in the light of us being EU citizens , why then, toi visit France, Deutschland, Holland etc etc ; do I need a passport ???

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Originally posted by ROGER THE DODGER
Hi
My UK/EU passport expired last June, however I hope to at least visit Europe fairly soon. So in the light of us being EU citizens , why then, toi visit France, Deutschland, Holland etc etc ; do I need a passport ???
Not sure, but this might confuse you even more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_area#Status_of_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland

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Thanks Bad Wolf for the info 🙂

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Originally posted by ROGER THE DODGER
Hi
My UK/EU passport expired last June, however I hope to at least visit Europe fairly soon. So in the light of us being EU citizens , why then, toi visit France, Deutschland, Holland etc etc ; do I need a passport ???
It goes something like this.

In theory you do not; in practice you do.

Ideally, in practice, thoery and practice should be the same however in practice they are not.

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