Fed up with Schengen
Sorry to launch so many threads today.
I am an EU citizen, entitled to free movement in the 27 countries, but because I am Irish, there is no land border with the rest of the EU. I have to board a plane (or boat) to get to the rest of the EU.
My passport, like a Danish passport, only requires a photo ID, not fingerprints. The final two fields of the RFID ident are blank. This gives me constant hassle. 'Where are your fingerprints?' 'I'm not Schengen, I'm EU.' 'Why don't you have a Schengen visa?' 'I don't need one, I'm EU, free movement'. They have to let me through. Eventually. Reluctantly. There are only 4-odd million of us Irishmen/women and I haven't counted the Danes, but we're treated like second class citizens.