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		</div><p>Britons may have to apply for visas to travel throughout continental Europe once the UK leaves the EU, it has been reported.</p>
<p>A scheme apparently being debated by the executive body of the European Union suggests the 26-nation passport-free Schengen zone, which does not include the UK, could operate a visa programme similar to the US waiver.</p>
<p>Currently British passport holders can travel throughout member states without having to apply for short-term visas, but Britain&#8217;s decision to leave the EU has left question marks over the criteria needed for UK nationals to visit the Schengen zone.</p>
<p>According to The Guardian, the European Commission (EC) is due to unveil draft legislation for the EU travel information and authorisation system (Etias) later this year as part of a broader response to calls for greater security across the continent following recent terror attacks in France and Belgium.</p>
<p>The scheme would cover all visitors to the Schengen zone from countries that do not need a visa to enter.</p>
<p>Camino Mortera-Martinez, a research fellow specialising in justice and home affairs at the Centre for European Reform, quoted in the newspaper, said: &#8220;In theory UK citizens, as third-country nationals, would certainly be subject to the obligations (of such a scheme),&#8221; adding: &#8220;This will have to be part of the Brexit talks. It will all have to be negotiated.&#8221;</p>
<p>Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: &#8220;Theresa May has said ending freedom of movement was her priority, but presumably this was not what she had in mind.</p>
<p>&#8220;This week the Liberal Democrats laid out a plan about what the Government should prioritise in any Brexit negotiation. One of those priorities was travel rights.</p>
<p>&#8220;The British Government needs to drop the empty mantras and secure free travel for British holiday and business travellers.</p>
<p>&#8220;Liam Fox, Boris Johnson and David Davis simply aren&#8217;t getting their heads round the hard detail of Brexit negotiations. The Brexit Towers trio are saying a lot, just not doing a lot.&#8221;</p>
<p>Labour former minister Pat McFadden, of the Open Britain campaign, said: &#8220;Reality is setting in. Introducing visas would hurt British businesses and families going on holiday.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Leave camp repeatedly said visas wouldn&#8217;t be introduced but it now looks like another of their main promises is being broken.</p>
<p>&#8220;Britain should be open to business, travel and talent and the best way to do that is for us to be a member of the single market.&#8221;</p>
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