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Author Archives: Grahame Pigney
Disenfranchisement
Geoffrey Clinton-Brown introduced a private members bill to abolish the 15 year limit Overseas Voting on 3rd December 2014. The second reading of the bill will be on 6th March 2015 although to be succesful it will need cross-party support. Similar amendments to … Continue reading
Naturalisation
Naturalisation The requirements and procedures for naturalisation are broadly similar in all EU countries: a minimum period of residence language competency cultural integration knowledge and appreciation of the country’s history However there are considerable variations in the minimum period of … Continue reading
Brexit – The consequences
Consequences of a Brexit Commentators tend to talk about the consequences of a UK exit from the EU as if there is only one route to go if that happens. If that were the case at least the situation would … Continue reading
House of Commons – Library Standard Note SN/PC/05923 – Overseas Voting
Interesting information not only about the current right to vote for overseas citizens but also the history of that right to vote. The House of Commons Library note is here Overseas Voters – ParliamentUK Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open … Continue reading
Disenfranchisement: Commission acts to defend voting rights of EU citizens abroad
“The right to vote is one of the fundamental political rights of citizenship. It is part of the very fabric of democracy. Depriving citizens of their right to vote once they move to another EU country is effectively tantamount to … Continue reading
Uk citizens residing in the rest of the EU – 2010 figures
They were taken from a government response to a question in the House of Lords in February 2014 and reported in the EUobserver. Two million British people emigrated to EU, figures show
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Some legal opinion on immigration controls in both directions.
Both of these links refer to the EU Law Analysis blogspot. What happens to British expatriates if the UK leaves the EU? What would happen to EU nationals living or planning to visit or live in the UK after a … Continue reading
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Tagged brexit, consequences, emigration, eulawanalysis, immigration
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How many people are we talking about?
There are an estimated 2.4 million UK citizens who live elsewhere in the EU. All the different sources acknowledge that the numbers in France and Spain are significantly understated probably by as much as 100%. That would add another 400-600,000 … Continue reading