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.
