Old police IDs, with ’60s standards, will not allow from Summer of 2026 Travel within the EU, Due to low security, digital governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou said.

As he explained, citizens will be able to they travel with passportwhile a gradual replacement is recommended with new, safer identities.

At the same time, the minister spoke to ERTnews about the course of his implementation personnel and the changes it brings to the public and the daily lives of citizens.

As he pointed out, so far 1.3 million citizens have issued personal numberwhile from November 6 it will begin to be rendered automatically To those who have not proceeded with the process, provided that there are no errors in the state registers.

“The aim is for a citizen to use a number instead of AMKA, VAT, ID or Passport Number to limit errors and suffering”the minister underlined.

Application for table seats

Mr Papastergiou then referred to the new application for their communal spaces and table seatsnoting that the liability liability belongs to the municipalities. Have already been integrated over 70 Municipalitieswith Thessaloniki being an example of good practice. Since July, more than 2,000 complaints of citizens have been recorded over illegal occupations of space. Checks are carried out by the municipal police, where they exist, or by ELAS.

Restrictions on minors

Finally, the Minister referred to the new legislation on Prohibition of selling tobacco and alcohol to minorswith utilization of digital tools. Sellers will be required to digitally control the age of buyers, while creating a platform for the control of shops and events to prevent minors from entering a club or alcohol disposal at school holidays declared as “private events”.