The Council of Ministers has greenlit an accord between Portugal and the United Kingdom, reinstating the reciprocal recognition of driving licenses, a provision that ceased post-Brexit.

Following the executive meeting, a statement confirmed the approval of the agreement facilitating the mutual acknowledgment and exchange of driving licenses between the Portuguese Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

This pact reestablishes the recognition of driving licenses issued by the respective authorities of both nations. Notably, post-Brexit, the framework for recognizing licenses from EU or European Economic Area member states no longer applied to the UK.

Simultaneously, the Council of Ministers also sanctioned the Economic Cooperation Agreement between Portugal and the Republic of Moldova. This pact seeks to foster and fortify economic collaboration between the two countries, aiming to augment and diversify their bilateral economic ties for mutual benefit. Photo by DVLA, Wikimedia commons.