The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Stanley, 81, obtained French nationality on Wednesday, the French Ministry of Justice said on Thursday 19 May.
Conservative like his son Boris, unfavorable to Brexit in 2016 before changing his mind the following year, Stanley Johnson, born in England on August 18, 1940 to a French mother, had applied for French nationality with the French Consul General in London on November 18, 2021. “Given the elements of the case, and in the absence of a decision of refusal by the Minister of Justice, Stanley Johnson acquired French nationality on May 18, 2022, at the expiry of the deadlines provided by the Civil Code,” said Thursday the chancellery, contacted by AFP. “This declaration has effect only with regard to Stanley Johnson and does not extend to his descendants,” the ministry said.
The French consul in London will “personally” give Stanley Johnson his nationality title. “I will always be European, that’s for sure,” he explained on RTL radio in December 2020. Member of the European Parliament between 1979 and 1984, he had justified his request for naturalization to keep “a link” with the European Union while his country cast off the moorings with the EU. “It is not a question of becoming French. If I understand correctly, I am French. My mother was born in France, her mother was entirely French and her grandfather as well. So for me, it’s a question of claiming what I already have,” he said.
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The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Stanley, 81, obtained French nationality on Wednesday, the French Ministry of Justice said on Thursday 19 May.
Conservative like his son Boris, unfavorable to Brexit in 2016 before changing his mind the following year, Stanley Johnson, born in England on August 18, 1940 to a French mother, had applied for French nationality with the French Consul General in London on November 18, 2021. “Given the elements of the case, and in the absence of a decision of refusal by the Minister of Justice, Stanley Johnson acquired French nationality on May 18, 2022, at the expiry of the deadlines provided by the Civil Code,” said Thursday the chancellery, contacted by AFP. “This declaration has effect only with regard to Stanley Johnson and does not extend to his descendants,” the ministry said.
The French consul in London will “personally” give Stanley Johnson his nationality title. “I will always be European, that’s for sure,” he explained on RTL radio in December 2020. Member of the European Parliament between 1979 and 1984, he had justified his request for naturalization to keep “a link” with the European Union while his country cast off the moorings with the EU. “It is not a question of becoming French. If I understand correctly, I am French. My mother was born in France, her mother was entirely French and her grandfather as well. So for me, it’s a question of claiming what I already have,” he said.
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Stanley plantagenet
Comment la table tourne…
You gotta be kidding!
> If I understand correctly, I am French
As if we needed more reasons to dislike this prick. /s
My dear French friends, what about a “buy one get one free” with his son added to the mix?
Boris Johnson is a proper mongrel ancestral-y
ahahah, Nice
Familexit
From the crosspost on /r/france (translation):
> Is this a reward for fathering the man who will destroy the UK?
from Turkey to France, Boris’ family is everywhere