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Why can I travel to Ireland without a passport, but not France?

  • I recently went to Dublin, and only needed my driving licenceas ID to catch the ferry. Why can't I travel to France with my driving licence as ID as Ireland is part of the EU, not part of the UK so same rule should apply to travel to other EU countries. I was even told that the kids did not need any ID to travel into Ireland when I booked the ferry tickets and the passport control just let them through without any questions, even though 2 ok the kids travelling were not mine and have different surnames on the boarding cards! They just had a quick look at my driving licence. Would make it so much easier to travel around the rest of the EU.

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    The travel between Britain and Ireland is ruled based on the Common Travel Area. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_abroad/freedom_of_movement_within_the_eu/common_travel_area_between_ireland_and_the_uk.html .. The travel between the other EU countries is ruled based on common EU law. Accepted travel documents are: • a valid passport • a valid national ID card http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/eu-citizen/index_en.htm?profile=0 .. 23 EU countries issue national ID cards to their citizens, they do not need a passport. Only Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, and the United Kingdom do not apply to a national ID card scheme, those EU citizen need a passport to travel. Your previous government has invented national ID cards which has been stopped by the current government. Hence you will need to continue to use your passports to travel. A driving licence is not accepted for travel within the EU since it is not a proof of EU citizenship. Any foreign resident who lives in the U.K. for longer than six months can get a U.K. driving licence. The same applies for any other EU countries, hence driving licences are not accepted. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:158:0077:0123:EN:PDF ..

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That's because Britain and Ireland have a free travel zone agreement something similar to Australia and New Zealand.

Gimbo

The reason we have a travel zone between Ireland and Britain is due to the truce after the Irish war of independence. EU countries follow EU laws on the matter of travel. Ireland and Britain had an agreement before the existence of the EU and that agreement is what allows us to travel just with a photo ID.

JD

Ireland and the UK have bilateral agreements that permit passport-free travel of citizens from either country to the other. The crux of those agreements amount to the treatment of British citizens entering Ireland as if they were Irish, and of Irish citizens entering Britain as if they were British. Those agreements go right back to immediately after the Irish War of Independence, predating the European Union by many decades. For that reason, they have nothing to do with the EU, and it (the EU) has no power to change them. In theory, the UK could make the same agreement with France, but it's not going to for the simple reason that it would be virtually impossible to restrict it to French citizens only, since France is party to other agreements such as Schengen that would then permit third-county nationals to travel unchecked to the UK via France. In contrast, Ireland is not party to any such agreements, and the only land border over which people can enter Ireland is from Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK anyway, thereby making things a whole lot more simple and straightforward.

Joe

that would be because of the historical ties between Ireland and the UK, there is a Common Travel Area between the two countries. You don't *need a passport to go from one to the other but if you're flying the airline will usually ask for one. Going by ferry any sort of photo ID is enough. The Common Travel Area is for Ireland and the UK only, other EU countries are not included in it as the agreement predates the EU's existence . It's already been made plenty easy to travel around the EU - same currency in *most countries and no need for Visa's or travel documents or visits to foreign embassies, I'm quite happy to continue showing my passport when I travel.

laney21

That's because before ireland became a republic, it was in the UK, and uk and the rep decided it would be good to at least keep it as a free flying zone because well it's easier and we used to be free flying zone anyway

BobR96

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