LONDON, Feb. 23 -- Britain is expected to re-introduce its blue passports from next month after almost three decades to mark its departure from the European Union (EU), the British government has announced.
Championed by Brexiteers, the distinctive blue cover documents will replace the standard-issue burgundy passports that were rolled out across EU countries from 1988.
The first new blue passports will be issued and delivered early next month. By mid-2020, all new passports will be blue, said the government.
The contract to produce the passports was controversially awarded to French firm Thales, but the documents will continue to be personalised with the holder's details back in Britain, local media reported.
As well as the colour change, the back cover will also carry its own symbolic design -- the floral emblems of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales embossed.
Blue passports were first used in 1921, and remained the colour of choice until Britain joined the EU (then the European Economic Community) and a change to burgundy was later agreed to harmonise designs across member states.
Britain left the EU on Jan. 31 and entered a transition period ending on Dec. 31, which was designed for negotiators from both sides to forge a trade arrangement.
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit1 Section B Self Check部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit4 Section A 2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit1 Section B 3部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit1 Section A 2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit5 Section A 1部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit5 Section B 2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit6 Section B 3部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit4 Section B 3部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit5 Section B Self Check部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit3 Section B 1部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit6 Section A 2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit3 Section A 1部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit4 Section A 4部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit2 Section B 2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit1 Section A 3部分答案
译林牛津版八年级下册英语课本Unit8 Integrated skills A1A2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit2 Section A 2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit3 Section A 2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit2 Section A 1部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit6 Section B 1部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit1 Section A 4部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit5 Section A 3部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit3 Section B 2部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit4 Section A 1部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit4 Section B 1部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit3 Section A 3部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit4 Section A 3部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit5 Section A 4部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit2 Section A 3部分答案
人教版八年级下册英语课本Unit2 Section B 1部分答案