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Offline Maik

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Brexit & expats
« on: Wednesday, 23 November, 2016 @ 13:33:45 »
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British expats set to be granted right to carry on living in EU with Theresa May 'close to reciprocal rights deal'

Hundreds of thousands of British expats are set to be granted the right to carry on living on the Continent after Brexit after the majority of European Union countries signalled they were ready to do a “reciprocal rights” deal with the UK.

Senior Government figures have told business leaders that only “a few” of the 27 EU member states are left to agree the outline of a reciprocal rights agreement for Britons in the EU, and EU nationals living in this country for when Britain leaves the EU.

The Government said no deals had yet been struck, but the closeness of an informal understanding is leading to speculation that any deal will be announced at a key EU summit in Brussels next month.

There are an estimated 3.3million EU nationals living in Britain, and roughly 1.2million Britons living in the 27 other EU member states.

Poland has the most EU nationals living in the UK (883,000) followed by Germany (297,000), and Romania with 229,000.

The EU countries with the most Britons living there are Spain (309,000), Ireland (255,000) and France (185,000).   
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/british-expats-set-granted-right-carry-living-eu-theresa-mays/


Hmm, the chart shows the UN estimate of the number of Brits living in Greece as 18,000  :hmm:

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Re: Brexit & expats
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, 26 November, 2016 @ 12:49:32 »
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Britons could pay to keep EU citizenship after Brexit, top negotiator says

Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's lead Brexit negotiator, said he supported the principle of the idea.

Under the plan, Britons could be allowed to pay an annual fee to Brussels in return for keeping many of the benefits currently enjoyed through EU membership.

Mr Verhofstadt, the former Belgian prime minister, said tens of millions of Britons were unhappy at the referendum result and backed plans for the UK to be offered ‘associate EU membership’ status.

However eurosceptics accused Mr Verhofstadt of wanting to create “two classes of UK citizens” and said the proposal was an attempt to undermine the Brexit vote.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/26/britons-could-pay-keep-eu-citizenship-brexit-top-negotiator/

Offline TonyKath

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Re: Brexit & expats
« Reply #2 on: Monday, 28 November, 2016 @ 18:41:11 »
Now that's a bit of a moral dilemma for some! What would Nige do?  Assuming he doesn't take out US citizenship, that is!

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Tony