EU travel passort query

[emma.jarvis]

I am a EU citizen. Do I HAVE to have and show a pssport in order to travle to another EU country?

[thewillow]

If you are a UK citizen, you need a passport to travel to other EU countries (with the exception of Ireland). If you are an Irish citizen, you need a passport to travel to other EU countries (with the exception of the UK). If you are from any other EU country, you need a passport to travel to the UK or Ireland. If you are from one of the Schengen countries in the EU - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain or Sweden, you can travel to any of the other countries in the group without a passport. Don't know that the situation is if you are a citizen of one of the 'new' countries. I presume as they are not in Schengen, they will need a passport to travel to all other EU countries. Phew! I'm sure I've made a mistake there somewhere.

[SteveD]

From your name, I am guessing that you are British. Is this correct? If you are, then you will need your passport to leave and re-enter the UK. You will also need photo identity for any air travel and your passport will be ideal for this. This will apply even if you are flying between two Schengen countries. You will also need youe passport for any travel between a Schengen country and a non-Schengen one and for travel between two non-Schengen countries. If you travel by road or rail between two Schengen countries you will not normally need a passport but theoretically, the authorities could have a "purge" and check people as they cross a border. This could be problematic if you are not carrying some valid form of identity. Since the abolishing of the border controls, I have travelled frequently between Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and France without my British passport (but I always carry my Belgian Carte de S�jour).

[Rufushound]

Also be aware that if you are flying form a  Schengen agreement country such as Italy with a change of flight in say Belgium, before flying onto the UK. That first part of your journey is considered a "domestic" flight. Only when you board the second flight that arrives in the UK are you considered to be flying international. Not a big deal but one to be aware of.

[southernlass]

Ohhh so that means I don't need to show a passport if I travel by eurostar to France? Because me and my partner was thinking of travelling but I didn't want to have to take my passport.