To feel sad about this

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We've just moved house, we got our new driving licenses today, UK ones not EU ones 😢

All driving licences issued in the UK are UK driving licences.

There's no such thing as an EU driving licence, all countries issue their own.

What's an EU licence? Mines UK and always has been

Assuming you live in the UK, why did you think you would get an EU licence?

People being deliberately obtuse here. OP obviously means it no longer has the EU flag on it. I agree it's sad, it's a tangible sign of everything we've lost.

I know what you mean OP, when my new 'blue' passport arrived I felt quite sad and angry, didn't even want to look at it (and it's a flimsy cheap thing). I'm going to buy one of those maroon passport covers to make it look like to old one. Or maybe one with stars and "I didn't vote for Brexit" on it

There's no such thing as an EU driving licence
Wrong.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence

[quote Sometimesonly]There's no such thing as an EU driving licence
Wrong.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence[/quote]
You need to read more carefully. That's a style of licence issued by individual countries to all members of the EEA and is not to do with EU status.

So I repeat - there is no such thing as an EU driving licence. The EU does not issue driving licences.

It is commonly known as an EU driving licence. I never said the EU issued them. 🙄

@Sometimesonly

It is commonly known as an EU driving licence. I never said the EU issued them. 🙄

Is it?

@Sometimesonly

People being deliberately obtuse here. OP obviously means it no longer has the EU flag on it. I agree it's sad, it's a tangible sign of everything we've lost.

Yup

Yes! I have one. It is valid in EU countries. It's not that hard to grasp.

@Sometimesonly

Yes! I have one. It is valid in EU countries. It's not that hard to grasp.

It's valid in the EEA, which is not the EU.

I’ve sent off my old passport for renewal today. I’m not looking forward to getting my new one.

To add insult to injury, DH has another 7 years on his burgundy one

Well if you want to be pedantic it is valid in the EU plus the countries which are in the EEA but not the EU. So yes, it is valid in EU countries. You seem strangely invested in this!

Even these call it EU licence🙄 give it a rest people
www.google.com/amp/s/europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-exchange-recognition/indexamp_en.htm

@Sometimesonly

People being deliberately obtuse here. OP obviously means it no longer has the EU flag on it. I agree it's sad, it's a tangible sign of everything we've lost.

This 😒

@Flumpaphone

I know what you mean OP, when my new 'blue' passport arrived I felt quite sad and angry, didn't even want to look at it (and it's a flimsy cheap thing). I'm going to buy one of those maroon passport covers to make it look like to old one. Or maybe one with stars and "I didn't vote for Brexit" on it

Is that what you like to call 'blue' ? Or is it just blue? And I believe a French company won the tender for production, so it's EU shoddy goods. Cheer up

Because my old licence was a European one with our European flag in it and uk in the circle, just the way the ones in the rest of Europe were with our European flag and the country name. Now it says in big letters uk driving licence and has the union flag on it, that's not my flag. I don't like the union flag, it's not representative of the fact that I am European.

I just had to get a new licence as just moved too. I noticed the change and felt a bit sad too.