[Foundation-l] Call for Wikimania Scholarship Applications

Fri Mar 26 00:54:21 UTC 2010

On 25 March 2010 20:50, Isabell Long <isabell121 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 March 2010 19:48, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru> wrote:
>>> I don't think there are any restrictions but then I am not overly
>>> familiar with EU law.
>>
>> I guess you will not be able to fly without a certified permission of your
>> parents/guardians. The same applies to crossing the borders (I assume you
>> do not need visa to visit Poland).
>
> If you're an EU citizen then you can travel freely between all
> countries of the EU, supposedly.  And no, no flying without permission
> of course, but I wouldn't go on my own anyway.  :)

You are confusing the Schengen agreement with the trade regulations of
the EU.  People within the Schengen agreement are allowed to travel
without showing passport within that area (some EU nations are not
part of it, e.g. the UK and some non-EU nations are part of it, e.g.
Norway), while the reasoning for the EU posts at airports is due to
customs rather than what ID you need to show.