‘Alternative white paper’ by Britons in EU says rights must be protected

Last Updated: February 3, 2017By

British citizens protest against Brexit in Berlin last year [Image: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images].

Ten groups representing British citizens in continental Europe have sent an “alternative white paper” to MPs and peers demanding their rights be prioritised in the UK’s EU exit talks and firmly guaranteed in the future divorce agreement.

“These are real people, with real lives and real problems, who moved to other EU countries legitimately believing their EU citizenship rights were irrevocable,” said Jane Golding, a lawyer based in Germany, who co-wrote the paper. “They cannot be left in this situation.”

On the day the government published its formal Brexit white paper, the document, drawn up by groups in Germany, France, Belgium, Spain and Italy, urged it to recognise as its key principle that UK citizens currently in the EU must be “expressly treated as continuing to have the same rights as they did before Brexit”.

Source: ‘Alternative white paper’ by Britons in EU says rights must be protected | Politics | The Guardian

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2 Comments

  1. NMac February 3, 2017 at 9:21 am - Reply

    Sadly these people did not reckon on the dishonest and nasty right-wing bigots, such as Fox, Davis and Duncan-Smith, who are dominating the nasty Tory Party at the moment. Not forgetting of course their weird puppet Theresa May.

  2. Graham Stocks February 3, 2017 at 12:33 pm - Reply

    Article 51 does indeed protect our rights and it ought to be invoked. On top of that, don’t forget that the Tories want to get rid of the 1998 Human Rights Act…

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