French court blocks plan to allow British expats to stay in France for longer than 90 days without visa
by 1DarkStarryNight
French court blocks plan to allow British expats to stay in France for longer than 90 days without visa
by 1DarkStarryNight
14 comments
It has no impact on me, but why? They would only stand to gain economically.
Bad news for cakeist Brexit pricks like Andrew Neil.
He’ll now have to pay for a visa if he wants to repeatedly tell us how great an idea Brexit was from the comfort of his villa.
This is so sad for many depressed areas of France. There are rural areas where villages are almost deserted and the only people interested in property are foreigners (not just Brits, but also Germans – obviously they’re still fine as EU members).
I imagine it’s similar in Spain and maybe some other EU states.
Someone who wants to stay more than 90 days is going to be someone who wants to be active in the community, contribute to the local economy, etc. Whereas shorter-stay people are often just holiday home types who only come for a month or so in summer.
[As an example of how cheap property is in these areas, due to rural decline](https://www.leboncoin.fr/recherche?category=9&locations=Paulmy_37350__46.98214_0.8385_4384_20000&real_estate_type=1&price=min-50000).
It’s funny to read all these puzzled comments as to why EU countries might want to control immigration as they benefit economically from it.
Meanwhile the British public are up in arms about the high levels of immigration, claiming there is no economic benefit, just overcrowded roads, hospitals and housing.
Why the double standard? Why should the UK take back control of its borders but EU countries shouldn’t?
Is anyone surprised by this? We left the EU and became a third party. I could only reasonably see France allowing us special visa rules if it was reciprocal.
While I understand this is the rules as they stand, it does reek of sour grapes.
British ex-pats living in France are not a net-drain on their economy, they are spending money and contributing to the system.
Immigration controls should be designed to benefit the country, not punish another one.
Good. I can’t wait for more countries to lock out the UK. Inverted imperialism. Hopefully the whole EU will adopt the blue card concept. Maybe even limit it to 60 days for good measure.
I’ll have a EU passport soon. Fuck you Brexit cunts!
You notice how when it’s a person from a rich country they’re an “expat” not an “immigrant”, because of course it sounds worse when thousands of British immigrants ruin rural Spanish towns by destroying the housing market, however when expats make the decision to relocate to Spain in their latter years to enjoy the weather it doesn’t sound so bad
To everybody confused by this move:
France is a big supporter of the European project and see themselves as leaders of sorts, alongside Germany. Therefore they must send a clear message to all other countries that Brexit was bad and not a thing to aspire to, or emulate.
Imposing this seemingly arbitrary punishment on brits is just them sending the message that actions have consequences, and whatever pocket money brits have to spend in France is not worth more to them than the reputational hit of being seen as the UK’s bitch.
Hope that clears things up.
Boo hoo.
What’s that saying? Play stupid games; win stupid prizes.
Lol at everyone clutching their pearls and screeching about the poor little rich people with their second homes in France.
Mind boggling.
Thank god. You made your own bed, time to lie in it.
Should probably worry about the migrants first lol.