Sacré bleu..! Macron changes the Tricolore In a change that has gone largely unnoticed for a year, President Macron has returned to a more traditional, navy blue.
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Expansion of vaccine booster programme The double vaccinated must now get a booster jab or see their health passes expire from mid-January. >> Page 8
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Biometric border checks on the way
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Kylie Minogue adds to wine empire - pg 7
Tour winner's bike stolen from café - pg 10
Potter's Diagon Alley found in Paris - pg 11 © Adobe Stock/Illustration
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British citizens who reside legally within the Schengen Zone do not need to use the new system if they are carrying a valid residency permit. “Their personal data will not be registered in the Entry/ Exit System,” the European Commission confirmed. “It is enough if holders of such documents present them to the border guards to prove their status.” From May, non-resident Brits entering the EU will have to provide details including name and date of birth, dates of entry and exit, as well as biometric data such as fingerprints and an image of your face. In practice, the system will be familiar to users of existing biometric scanners
French schoolboy gets letter from Queen - pg 4
Anger grows over Dordogne hunting accidents - pg 3
From May British tourists will be required to have their fingerprints and faces scanned when entering and leaving the EU. French resident expats will not be affected. ince Britain left the EU, the passports of British tourists travelling to France have been stamped on entry and exit. This practice will now end in May next year when the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) comes online, but there are growing fears that the new checks will cause further delays when crossing borders. The EES is an automated IT system that will register entry and exit data, as well as any refusals, for all travellers to the EU from so-called “third countries”, which now includes the UK. This applies to both short-stay visa holders and visaexempt travellers, each time they cross an EU external border.
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