{"id":121888,"date":"2023-12-02T09:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T09:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121888"},"modified":"2023-12-02T09:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T09:20:39","slug":"british-expat-in-spain-tears-eu-apart-over-hated-90-day-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/british-expat-in-spain-tears-eu-apart-over-hated-90-day-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"British expat in Spain tears EU apart over hated 90-day rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain: Expert explains \u2018repercussions\u2019 for British expats in 2021<\/h3>\n

British expats in Spain are furious with the EU, laying the blame for the hated 90-day rule squarely on Brussels.<\/p>\n

It comes as a number of European nations have signalled that they would be willing to relax the rule or even completely lift it in order to allow Britons to stay in their countries for longer.<\/p>\n

Members of the French Senate voted to amend the country’s immigration law earlier this month, though President Emmanuel Macron is known not to agree with his colleagues.<\/p>\n

Ministers in Spain have also voiced similar desires to ease their immigration laws for Britons, important for their country where up to a million British expats are thought to own property.<\/p>\n

But the true power lies with the EU, and one expat raged at Brussels in an interview with Express.co.uk, saying the outfit wouldn’t help because it was out for “revenge” for Brexit.<\/p>\n

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“A lot of people think that it’s Spain [not helping with the 90-day rule”, said Tony Reddin, owner of Come Buy With Me real estate agency on the Costa Del Sol.<\/p>\n

“But it’s not Spain, it’s Brussels. It’s Brussels getting their own back.”<\/p>\n

The 90-day rule was borne out of the Brexit vote. Before, UK citizens could stay anywhere in the EU indefinitely, including Schengen Area countries like Spain and France, without needing a visa for a holiday or to conduct business.<\/p>\n

So-called swallows \u2014 British expats who would spend the summer in Britain and winter in Spain \u2014 can no longer live their seasonal lifestyles without residency in their second country, citizenship, or an EU passport.<\/p>\n

Just days after the French Senate vote, Spain’s acting Minister of Tourism Hector Gomez hinted that those in his government similarly wanted to work with the EU towards an “exception”.<\/p>\n

He said: “Unfortunately, the rule is not something Spain has established by itself or can get rid of. It is in our interest to lobby and convince the EU that we can try to work an exception with them. But the solution must come from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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