I thought that I did the same, travelling from Greece to Denmark (only having a European driver’s licence and not my ID). According to this link, it’s not a travel document, so you can’t use it. At the same time, you shouldn’t be asked for any travel documents, but you never know.
In my case, I did have my ID with me, but the airline told me that they wouldn’t accept me on the flight if I had forgotten it (nothing to do with border checks).
As previously said, you do not actually need a passport, although it’s good to have one, and especially for Germany-Netherlands it’s unlikely that you will encounter trouble.
It’s just the responsible thing to have travel documents with
you.
For EU citizens, there is a small risk of minor inconveniences.
Intentional or negligent failure to own papers may be punished with a fine, but I would not worry about that very much.
In Schengen, ID cards appear to be viable substitutes for passports as travel documents, so the Dutch Identiteitskaart should suffice, if he happens to have it on him.
Relax, there are no border checks between the Netherlands and Germany (which he should know as he already crossed), and if stopped for a police check, the copy of the expired passport should definitely satisfy them that he is Dutch, as it’s only expired by one month.
Furthermore, to get all formal about it, Germany accepts Dutch passports expired by less than 5 years, so although he doesn’t have it with him, like I said, you are completely overthinking this.
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