Blue badge & Brexit

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forgoodnesssake

I am assuming that after December 31st this year the blue parking badge will no longer cover UK citizens in other European countries?

In which case it is likely to be a different scenario in different countries; some may accept it and some may not.  Is there any guidance on this anywhere?  or like many things re Brexit, it just hasn't been thought about...

Tori_Scope

Good question @forgoodnesssake! I'm not sure what the answer is. I found this article, asking whether French blue badges will still be valid in the UK, which states that:

On November 13 2018, the European Commission issued a notice on ‘travelling between the EU and the United Kingdom following withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU’ which stated that “there is no certainty that authorities in the EU and in United Kingdom will maintain the usual practice of mutual recognition of each other’s parking cards for people with disabilities. “This will be a matter for the discretion of these authorities.”

People with disabilities should therefore contact the relevant authorities in advance to avoid problems, an EU source said. A UK government source said discussions are on going with the EU to negotiate continuation of the current reciprocal arrangements in the future. The UK government has stated that it is confident of this being agreed as it is of mutual benefit but says that, if needed, the UK would seek bilateral agreements with individual states on recognition of the badges.

There are some older articles from a few years ago that suggest you'd still be able to use the blue badge after Brexit, but those may well be out of date now.