Driving after Brexit: Will your UK licence be valid after Britain leaves the EU?

Britain is in formal negotiations with EU policymakers to tackle the impending Brexit

Many questions remain unanswered about how the lives of British nationals will change once the process has been finalised. 

One subject that has been questioned is the UK driving licence, which each have a blue EU symbol in the top left corner. 

The little pink card currently enables Britons to drive freely within the EU and European Economic Area (EEA), but all this will change after Brexit.

All licences will eventually have to be replaced to remove the EU symbol and likely, the privileges attached to it. 

But how the process will unfold remains to be decided. 

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has refused to confirm whether current licences will expire in 2019 when Brexit is complete. 

A DVLA spokesman told Express.co.uk: “At this stage it really is too early to speculate on the impacts of leaving the European Union.”

But if no deal can be negotiated, Britons could face having to apply for international driving permits to popular holiday destinations like Spain or France.

This would follow the current process for UK nationals who need to drive in a country outside of the EU or EEA. 

The EU symbol was initially added to UK licences as part of an agreement by the EEA. 

It aimed to standardise and replace the 110 different plastic and paper driving licenses of the 300 million drivers in the region.

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