Since the June 2016 referendum, there’s been an influx of finance workers fleeing the City of London. brexit london
But other Britons, employed at EU institutions, were essentially forced to seek Luxembourg citizenship just to cling on to their positions – usually losing generous expatriate allowances that were a big chunk of their pay.
The nagging uncertainty for the more than 6,000 British citizens in Luxembourg pushed the nation’s government into legislating to protect them against a no-deal Brexit. The number of British citizens taking on dual nationality has more than quadrupled since 2015 to 435 people last year, according to Luxembourg government statistics.
The official response from EU institutions is that they will look at each person based on a case-by-case basis.UK staff members on temporary or agent contracts “can continue working for the European Parliament if a derogation to the nationality requirement is issued for them after a case-by-case assessment,” the institution’s press office said in an email.
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