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URGENT! (Deadline: 23/07/2019)
"... requests the Commission propose means to avoid risk of collective loss of EU citizenship and rights, and assure all EU citizens that, once attained, such status is permanent and their rights acquired."
If you are determined to retain your EU Citizenship, then you have an opportunity to register your intention here
31/01/2020
If you wish to retain your EU Citizenship no matter what happens with the ongoing discussions between Mrs May, Mr Davis, Mr Verhofstadt and Mr Barnier, then you have an opportunity to register your wish here.
Why the law says “Yes” even if others disagree.
European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator demands Theresa May back Britons who want to keep EU citizenship
08/04/2017
The European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt is calling on Theresa May to be “open” to a plan helping British people who want to retain EU citizenship after the UK leaves.
'I’ve always been proud to be of Irish heritage but I never thought I’d have to rely on it for proper access to the EU' / The Brexit vote has led to a surge in applications for Irish citizenship - with one Post Office in Belfast saying it is unable to cope with demand.
Freedom of Movement and Rights of Residence
A ruling by the European Court of Justice on the Dutch nationality law raises new hopes for British residents in the European Union who wish to remain EU citizens after Brexit, legal experts say.
After China denied citizenship status to non-Chinese residents, about 7,000 ethnic minority families received full British nationality, granting them the ability to live across Europe and pass this status onto their descendants.
In a quiet corner of northern Germany there is a small community where a Scotsman is in charge.
Cultural and business leaders join campaign to keep rights to live and work in Europe.
The Brits who won't Brexit
19/12/2019
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a thumping election victory last week on a campaign to “get Brexit done,” but not before some wealthy donors to his Conservative Party quietly took steps to stay inside the European Union.
Cyprus government documents seen by Reuters show that Conservative Party donors have sought citizenship of the island, an EU member state, since Britain voted to leave the bloc in 2016.
The number of applications spiked as the missed Brexit deadlines in March and October were approaching.
According to Article 20 of the Treaty of Lisbon, EU citizenship is additional and separate to national citizenship. Presently, there are no provisions for removing this citizenship and its associated rights from individuals, regardless of whether their nation leaves the EU.
A total of 6,250 people from the UK became German nationals in 2018, a rise of 950 per cent on pre-referendum numbers.
A British councillor who was among hundreds disappointed at being unable to stand for re-election due to Brexit has had some good news.
The news comes as over 140,000 people register their desire to retain EU citizenship on a specially designed website.
Why the law says “Yes” even if others disagree. What happens when the domestic legal system is inherently international?
A group of lawyers and interested citizens have now come together to bring a case to the Court of Justice of the European Union to confirm that EU Citizenship is a Permanent Status.
British people in France have raised concern about their job prospects after Brexit after several jobs ads were spotted specifying that UK passport holders would not be considered.
New rules come into force today that mean all Irish and British citizens born in Northern Ireland will be treated as EU citizens for immigration purposes.
When the Brexit transition period expired on 31 December 2020, British citizens lost their EU citizenship status. As a result, we became third-country nationals, with visits to Europe now limited to stays of 90 days in any 180-day period. That’s not just in one EU country, but all of them combined.