On Tuesday 8 October, the European Commission adopted two proposals for regulations aimed at digitising passports and identity cards, also known as ‘EU Digital Travel applications’, for people travelling to and from the Schengen area.
These two initiatives won’t make it compulsory for Member States to issue these digital documents systematically, but they will have to do so for citizens who request them, explained the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson.
“Both EU citizens...