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Using your Blue Badge in the EU - Post Brexit

Caroline Overton

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Using your Blue Badge in the EU - Post Brexit

On the 31st December 2020 the EU transition period ended and with it so did the ability for British Blue Badge holders to use their Blue Badges in many EU countries such as France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal. Until that date British Blue Badges were automatically recognised in EU Countries. Replacement talks were set up and ministers agreed to negotiate individual deals with EU countries to recognise British Blue Badges, but these have stalled over the past year with no decisions being made.  So what should you do if you’re planning on travelling abroad this year with regards to...