Special offer! Once only deal! Give us yer money!
EU negotiators will offer British people the chance to individually opt-in and remain EU citizens as a proposal in Brexit negotiations, the European Parliament’s chief negotiator has confirmed.
You have got to be kidding me, right? Anyway, my response is the same I give to those double-glazing salesmen who occasionally knock on my door.
I’m more concerned with the “independent” journalism:
The proposal could potentially give Brits who live and work across borders a workaround to the disruption caused by the Leave vote – and young people looking to flee an increasingly isolated UK greater choice over where to move to.
“…flee an increasingly isolated UK….”
Give me strength……
Like, prior to the EU no one ever left the UK to live and work in European countries. Never. Ever…
Hang on a cotton-picking minute! Is this the tawdry “EU citizenship” conferred on me post Maastricht that I never asked for and didn’t want?
Yeah?
Fuckin’ shove it Popeye, where the sun don’t shine.
The first time I lived in Greece was 1987, long before Greece was part of the EU. I obtained a resident permit, I had a tax number, I had a bank account, and I was registered with the local Chamber of Commerce so I could run a business. I didn’t need any largesse from some supranational body to do this. I did it myself. I don’t understand what all the fuss is about.
As it happens, having lived here for the last fifteen years, I now have a lifetime resident permit (which under EU rules, I don’t actually need to have, but I got it anyway for various reasons), which I very much doubt they will be inclined to revoke, so Brexit should have minimal impact on me.
However, the point I’m making is that for someone who wants to live in another European country post-Brexit, it will still be quite possible.It just means a bit more paperwork.
Are we picking and choosing rules now? Fab! I know a couple of pubs and other establishments which would like to opt out of the smoking ban, as would their customers, this could catch on. 😉