Originally Posted by
Goldorak
Hi Brunos. Of course there is still passport control to connect from NS to S. My statement was based on the fact that there is no « EU law » forbidding EU citizens to go out of EU. France has the power to decide what they want for French citizens and for who is entering the country, but I don’t see any ground/legal basis on which the French PAF would forbid a non-French pax just connecting in CDG to a NS destination without entering France. I believe this mention about « other EU nationals » has been added by a bureaucrat in a typical French tradition to wash whiter than white and to evangelize the world, but there is no legal basis for this AFAIK.
Fully agree. In case one runs into some kind of reluctance from the PAF officer, better to discuss politely as, at the end, they will have the final word.
This has been my thinking all along. How can France (even for an EU resident) legally deny a foreign citizen the right to leave French territory (assuming that he/she hasn't committed a crime)?
The one data point we have not seen so far is somebody like me, a non-French, EU passport holder who is resident in France who tries to leave France.
I've cited a few examples of friends Lebanese/French, Argentine/German, resident in France...who were able to leave presenting their non-EU passport.
A quick scan of my passport would show I live in France... especially since they have even more info about me being enrolled in Parafe....