France suspends rule denying British residents of other EU countries transit
by Jon Henley and Aubrey Allegretti from on (#5TG58)
Government says border officials will show tolerance toward those who had gone back to UK for Christmas
The French government has suspended a new rule that prevented British nationals legally resident in other EU countries from travelling through France to reach their homes, a move that caused confusion for thousands of travellers.
Border officials would show tolerance" in order to allow these nationals to transit through France to reach their residence in a country of the European Union after the Christmas and New Year period", the interior ministry said in a statement. It came as Germany also relaxed rules for British visitors.
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