Finland could become the first EU country to use digital passports


A digital passport experiment is set to involve flights between Finland and Croatia. — AFP Relaxnews

Focus on Finland: Between the country’s young prime minister who isn’t afraid to hit the dance floor and numerous innovations, Finland may not make a lot of international headlines every day but it has originated a lot of unique practices. We take a look at the first trial use of digital passports in the European Union. Finland wants to test a mobile application for identification at the borders before taking off.

Finland could be the first country in the European Union to experiment with digital passports. The country has notified the EU of its willingness to try a pilot project for the digitisation of official documents.

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