Posted on 12/09/2017 8:17:15 AM PST by Olog-hai
While British Prime Minister Theresa May celebrated reaching a deal with the EU over Brexit, an anti-Brexit pressure group said it had betrayed Brits living in Germany and the EU. […]
The initial deal brought smiles to the face of May, who was probably in danger of losing her job if talks had broken down again, but left many British citizens living in Germany and other EU countries less than happy.
While the deal guarantees their rights to remain and work in Germany, the agreement does not guarantee them the right to continue moving freely around Europe, as is the case currently.
In the small print of the agreement it says the issue of freedom of movement was “outside the scope” of the initial negotiations, meaning the rights of Brits living in France to be able to move and work freely in other EU countries may depend on how trade negotiations go.
The pressure group British in Europe, which claims to represent the 1.2 million British citizens living in the EU, accused the government of “negotiating away our rights” and said “the deal was even worse than expected”. …
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I live in Spain and never heard of that group. Spain has more British expats than any other European country and a lot of them are Remainers. They would sell out their sovereignty in a heartbeat to keep from losing their “free stuff”, mainly reimbursement of medical plans. I pay my own insurance and for the 2 of us it’s about 1800 Euros per year. Brits can be bought off pretty cheaply.
Considering “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”, I can tell you how and why it will end with no deal...
Macron is hellbent on attracting the London banking industry.
Channeling Mr. Spock...”The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few.”.
Those type of folks believe in global warming, too.
Doesn’t matter if it is true for a few Brits in Germany; staying in the EU already is a complete disaster for the whole of Britain and will lead to the complete [planned] destruction of the British nation if it remains in. How can the Brits still listen to “Jerusalem” and then cow down to the EU bureaucrats?
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