All of life is changed: The impact of Brexit on UK nationals living in other EU Member States

After a series of cataclysmic political events, most people can empathise with the stress and anxiety born out of the subsequent uncertainty. At this time in 2017 in the EU, the people who are enduring the greatest burden are those who have enjoyed a right to free movement exercised in good faith without concern that it might be taken away. Such is Brexit ... for EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals living in other Member States, it holds the potential to fundamentally change their very way of life.

This blog focuses on the latter group.

What do the UK government’s proposals of the 26 June 2017 mean for UK nationals in the EU-27? What does it mean for their 'right to remain, healthcare arrangements under the EU social security agreements, and pension entitlements and payments'?

The UK’s offer focuses on EU citizens in the UK. But in a negotiation, the offers made on one side have implications for those on the other. The authors seek to deduce from the UK’s negotiating position what it might mean for UK nationals in the EU-27.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Policy paper. Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, June 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/policy-paper-safeguarding-the-position-of-eu-citizens-in-the-uk-and-uk-nationals-in-the-eu/

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

ESO: Background information: Brits abroad: How Brexit could hurt expats http://www.europeansources.info/record/brits-abroad-how-brexit-could-hurt-expats/

The Conversation, 11.07.17: What’s now at stake for UK citizens living in the rest of the EU https://theconversation.com/whats-now-at-stake-for-uk-citizens-living-in-the-rest-of-the-eu-80562

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