And I couldn't agree more with this comment, made me laugh out loud - "It is a senseless waste of time and money, serving only to reinforce a pathological obsession with order that belongs to another era."
Maybe in the next century or so, Germany may catch up. After all, as I found out recently when we moved, you no longer have to personally de- and re-register, just re-register. The nice lady told me that they were trying to make things easier. Well, a step in the right direction, eh?!
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In France, the number plates on vehicles detail the part of the country the car and its occupants are from. But a new money-saving measure is about to change this system and, according to John Laurenson, the French may miss it once it has gone.