Brexit. Why do Brits want Out of the EU?

UK citizens who have made a home in the EU face an uncertain future – and the government isn’t listening to them

Brexit negotiations will leave UK citizens in Europe in a far worse position than EU citizens in the UK, a group of British professionals living in Germany has warned.
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Briton David Hole, who has lived and practised law in Germany since 1993, pointed out that the fact that EU citizens in the UK will still be part of the union will put them in a significantly stronger position than their British counterparts in Europe.

“You regularly see the 3 million EU citizens in the UK and 1.2 million UK citizens in the EU in the same sentence as if they are in mirror positions,” he said. “They are not. UK citizens will lose all their rights, EU citizens do not. We are in a far worse position.”

UK citizens living in Europe will end up with fewer rights than EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit and fear they could be “locked in” to the country where they have moved to, it has emerged.

The rights UK nationals acquired under EU law to live, work, set up a business or provide services will all fall away on Brexit day, a lawyer told a group of about 50 British nationals at a meeting in Munich on Monday. This was the second meeting of the impromptu group, which represents just a sliver of the estimated 18,000 Britons settled in Bavaria, 6,000 of whom are in Munich.
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“EU citizens won’t lose their rights, they simply won’t be able to use them while they live in the UK,” David Hole said. “They will still have the right to live in another EU country, the right to work there, the right to freedom of movement, the right to have their qualifications recognised.

“Our position is we will have none of these,” he went on. “The 1.2 million UK citizens living in Europe will lose all their acquired EU rights after Brexit. How we address that remains a question here.”
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overregulated labor markets

That is indeed your choice. However slow growth and widespread unemployment, particularly among the young are the results. The long term effects may be worse.

georgeob1 wrote:

That is indeed your choice. However slow growth and widespread unemployment, particularly among the young are the results. The long term effects may be worse.

We have workers rights in the UK and we are not sclerotic, nor is Germany.

much of the sclerosis, particularly in overregulated labor markets, remains.

Brussels (AFP) - Brexit-bound Britain is blocking the launch of an EU military headquarters because it opposes any suggestion that the unit would have an active operational role, EU diplomatic sources said Friday.

After months of tough negotiations, all 28 member states approved plans in March for a small grouping in Brussels to coordinate three of the bloc's overseas training operations.

Turning the agreement into a legal text however has run into trouble, with proposals to call it an "Operational Headquarters" being a "red flag" for Britain ahead of its June 8 election and the start of the Brexit talks, the diplomatic sources said.

"We are still trying to find a compromise with our British friends on the legal position so that this structure can be set up," said one of sources who asked not to be named.

"They are extremely sensitive to the elections and how it might be seen back in the UK," the source added.

British officials in Brussels declined to comment.

Boris Johnson said the EU could be forced to pay Britain a Brexit divorce bill as he blasted their negotiators for trying to "bleed this country white".

The Foreign Secretary claimed the UK had "very good arguments" to demand money from Brussels after making major contributions to European assets.

It is expected to cost the UK up to £84bn to settle its liabilities when the country leaves the EU - a figure Mr Johnson branded "absurd".

He said Britain could "definitely" walk away from negotiations without paying as he accused European officials of "trying it on".

He told The Daily Telegraph he thought Britain may even end up receiving a payment, saying: "I think there are very good arguments.

"There are assets, I don't want to get too much into the detail of the negotiation but there are assets that we share, that we have paid for over the years and there will need to be a proper computation of the value of those assets.

"I certainly think the bill that's been presented at the moment is absurd."

Mr Johnson said the EU "is ruthless in its negotiating techniques", citing a "shameful" leak of details of a meeting between Ms May, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.

"They are going to try to bleed this country white with their bill," he said.

"The logic behind this bill is absolutely preposterous. We could definitely walk away."

A multimillionaire donor who backed Vote Leave in the EU referendum is now looking to fund a new campaign to oust almost 140 pro-Remain MPs.

City asset manager Jeremy Hosking, who donated more than £1.5m to the pro-Brexit cause prior to last June's vote, said he wanted to make sure Theresa May had an “army” of pro-Brexit MPs behind her after the 8 June General Election.

He told The Observer that he was willing to hand £5,000 each to Conservative candidates in 138 mainly Labour-held seats where the majority of voters supported Brexit, but the MP voted Remain.


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The candidates would have to apply for funding – with Mr Hosking willing to spend a total of £690,000.

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Mr Hosking’s offer comes after the Best for Britain group, led by pro-EU campaigner Gina Miller, managed to raise £300,000 through crowdfunding to support candidates opposing an “extreme Brexit”.

That number has since grown, with the campaign group raising more than £384,000 of its £395,000 goal.