The Commission welcomes provisional agreement on modernised driving licences rules
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The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council on its initiative to modernising EU driving licence rules.

The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council on its initiative to modernising EU driving licence rules.

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  • hbmEnglish
    111·
    22 days ago

    As I read it, at least the physical license will remain issued by member states. It’s a standardisation of license rules and an app (which is probably offered by EU).

    (Personally, I’m not sure this is all that important in light of the problems EU is otherwise faced with, and I really hope licenses will remain a national document – recall when Brexit Britain under Johnson didn’t recognise EU in a diplomatic role since it isn’t a “country” – but so be it.)

    • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      8·
      22 days ago

      You are correct, this is definetly not that big of a deal right now. My license is already valid across EU. However, the process for this has been going on at the background for quite a while and the end goal is to improve road safety and have common rules in all of EU. Increased road safety is obviously a good thing and it also helps people to move around if they want to, so even if it’s not the biggest problems at hand it’s still improvement across the union.

      • hbmEnglish
        11·
        22 days ago

        EU isn’t equivalent to the states (yet). It’s a loose’ish unions of nations. Passports are nation-issued, as are most professional credentials, but everything is recognised intra-union. In US (and Australia), passports are issued centrally, states are more like a local subdivision, irrelevant abroad.

        US driving licenses are admittedly state issued. I suspect it’s more about violation points than anything else. And there’s a drive towards a federal format there as well.

        (Sorry if I’m simplifying here.)

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      22 days ago

      The only thing i would care about is that you could get a new one issued easily in whichever EU state you are, rather than having to go back to where you first got it. I am surprised that stuff isn’t standardized yet, because to me my license looks as standardized as my ID-card

      • hbmEnglish
        2·
        22 days ago

        I had a Swedish (I’m not swedish, but my first EU style license was issued there) license in NYC and had it renewed through the consulate with laughable little hassle. When I moved to UK (pre-Brexit), again, the swap was smooth. I religiously believe that when I move back to EU, I’ll be able to get an EU license back (unless I hit an age trigger). I actually think the current EU license is awesome. I don’t dispute the underlying criteria for issuing could be improved, but post-issue, it’s pretty great today.

      • atro_city@fedia.ioOP
        2·
        22 days ago

        That must be country specific. Some countries allow renewing your licence where you live.