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*Today, 13 EU Member States, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, plus Norway and Iceland fully apply the provisions of the Schengen acquis.
The ten new EU Member States, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, are not yet fully-fledged members of the Schengen area, since the border controls between the new Member States and the current members of the Schengen area are maintained until the EU Council decides that the conditions for abolishing internal border controls have been met. However, since the date of accession they do apply parts of the Schengen acquis, in particular in the area of police and judicial cooperation and of external border control.
EU Member States still outside the Schengen area are the UK and Ireland which have chosen to maintain border controls with other EU Member States (although they have been authorised to apply some of the provisions on police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters).
Also Switzerland has decided to join the Schengen area. This means that border checks on individuals will disappear in some years. Switzerland will have the same associate status as Norway and Iceland which are also not members of the EU.*
http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/nav/en/citizens/travelling/schengen-area/index.html#23297_3
Guess that's why the ID cards aren't much use here.