search.noResults

search.searching

dataCollection.invalidEmail
note.createNoteMessage

search.noResults

search.searching

orderForm.title

orderForm.productCode
orderForm.description
orderForm.quantity
orderForm.itemPrice
orderForm.price
orderForm.totalPrice
orderForm.deliveryDetails.billingAddress
orderForm.deliveryDetails.deliveryAddress
orderForm.noItems
HOT TOPIC


In the wake F


orget the seemingly insurmountable difficulties over a Brexit trade deal, the UK’s ‘divorce’ payment to the


EU, freedom of movement, the border between the two Irelands, and so much more. There is one thing both sides agree on: the need to guarantee the right to remain of three million-plus EU citizens living and working in the UK. Simple, you might think. Done deal.


Except that it’s not. Even if you ignore the inherent problems of reaching a reciprocal agreement to cover the 1.2 million Brits currently living in the other 27 EU member states, the plight of European citizens in the UK could prove – without some blue-sky thinking and down-to-earth compromise – an intractable problem. In late May, the European Commission


set out its negotiating position on the rights it wants EU expats in the UK to continue to enjoy after Brexit. Its position paper, Essential Principles on Citizens’ Rights, says that a precursor of any trade talks must be an agreement to afford the same level of protection after Brexit as before it. EU citizens, demands the paper, should be regarded as having a legal right to remain


of Brexit Establishing right to remain How can the United Kingdom and the European Union reach


agreement over the right of EU nationals currently in the UK to remain after Brexit, and put in place a system for two-way traffic in workers and students post-2019? David Sapsted investigates.


in the UK after Brexit, even if individuals do not have documentation proving residency (such documentation, anyway, should be provided free of charge by the UK government, says the commission). Brussels is also demanding that EU


citizens be allowed to bring family members from anywhere in the world into Britain for an indefinite time after Brexit, and that these expats and their families be entitled for life to benefits – such as pensions, sick pay and disability payments – even if they leave the UK. And the commission wants to see the


European Court of Justice – whose rulings the UK government is determined to be free from – having “full jurisdiction corresponding to the duration of the protection of citizens’ rights”, even after the EU and the UK have parted company. In response, the UK Brexit Secretary,


David Davis, described the commission's demands as “ridiculously high”, adding, “We are going to give the European citizens here generous rights. We don’t intend to be unnecessarily fierce about this. We will deal with it at the very first negotiations.” ➲


relocateglobal.com | 7


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52