The feasibility of Associate EU Citizenship for UK Citizens post-Brexit. A study for Jill Evans MEP by Prof Volker Roeben, Prof Jukka Snell, Dr Petra Minnerop, Dr Pedro Telles and Mr Keith Bush QC, Swansea University, July 2017

Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans published a report in June 2017 that explored how UK citizens could retain EU citizenship after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

The report The Feasibility of Associate EU Citizenship for UK nationals post-Brexit was prepared for Jill Evans MEP by a team of researchers at Swansea University led by Prof. Volker Roeben.

The report explored a series of possibilities for the UK and the EU to come to an agreement that would protect the citizenship rights of UK citizens, as well as considering a new status of 'associate citizenship'. The report also examined how the Welsh Government could use its powers to protect the rights of citizens.

The benefits of EU citizenship include the right to travel, live and work anywhere in the EU and a wide range of other rights under EU law regarding health, education, work and social security. The prospect of losing these rights as well as possibly losing their European identity had caused concern.

Jill Evans MEP: Press Release, 06.07.17: The Feasibility of Associate EU Citizenship for UK Citizens Post-Brexit http://www.jillevans.net/english/jill_evans_press_mep_feasibility_of_associate_eu_citizenship_for_uk_citizens_post_brexit_170706.html

ESO: Find more information on Wales and the EU Referendum, 23 June 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=brexit%20wales%20&searchOption=all

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

Jill Evans MEP: Press Release, 20.06.17: Possibilities for keeping EU citizenship after leaving the EU set out in new report http://www.jillevans.net/english/jill_evans_press_mep_possibilities_for_keeping_eu_citizenship_after_leaving_the_eu_set_out_in_new_report_170620.html

ESO: Background information: Dual nationality and the hurdles facing Britons who want to keep EU citizenship after Brexit http://www.europeansources.info/record/dual-nationality-and-the-hurdles-facing-britons-who-want-to-keep-eu-citizenship-after-brexit/

Verfassungsblog, 01.03.18: Misguided ‘Associate EU Citizenship’ Talk as a Denial of EU Values https://verfassungsblog.de/misguided-associate-eu-citizenship-talk-as-a-denial-of-eu-values/

EurActiv, 03.11.17: Associate EU citizenship is the good news Brits need https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/the-brief-associate-eu-citizenship-is-the-good-news-brits-need/

38 Degrees: Associate Citizenship of the EU for those who voted to remain https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/associate-citizenship-of-the-eu-for-those-who-voted-to-remain

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