Giovanni Drogo wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Martin wrote:
>
> >> I doubt they require a *passport* from EU citizens.
>
> >> Surely they did'nt
> >> 20-odd years ago on one of my first visits there.
> >
> > Perhaps things changed since 20 years ago?
>
> but I would expect them to change in a LESS restrictive manner. If
> national id documents were accepted abroad instead of passport in the
> pre-Schengen and pre-EU (it was still EEC at the time, wasn't it ?) era,
> I expect them to accepted even nowadays.
>
> > http://tinyurl.com/2gzfxg
>
> > As of 1 January 2005, all persons 14 years and above, must have a
> > valid form of ID with them at all times.
> [...]
> > Who can ask to check your ID?
> > The police and various supervisors (civil servants supervising the on the
>
> This is not unlike what we ever had in Italy
Italy's the only country where I've been randomly asked to produce ID,
and that because they thought my partner might be an illegal immigrant.
I've mentioned this before. Once they figured out we were foreigners
(they assumed I was american because of my Harvard uni ID) they
patronisingly 'invited' us to leave the area as it was dangerous.
Suppose it must be true what they say about Termini! :)
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