BBC Oxford broadcast a film on their main evening news report on 28th January 2018, looking at the risks to families living across Europe, especially in the event of a no-deal.
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British in Germany on ZDF’s Länderspiegel
ZDF’s regional magazine programme Länderspiegel contained an item on the concerns and fate of British Citizens living in Germany.
With interviews from Paderborn and Berlin, British Citizens were asked about their concerns and fears from a British Brexit.
The programme can be seen (in German naturally), by clicking on the image below and going to the second item in the programme at 4:41mins in.
Images (c) ZDF, 2019
And here are a few more photographs taken at the Stammtisch by Rob.
Images (c) Rob Compton, 2019
BiG in the news
Several items of news have featured members of British in Germany recently in reports about the impact of Brexit on UK nationals living in Germany and more widely in the EU.
We publish such media events on our webpage, BiG in the news, but with several items so close one after another, we thought it useful to highlight them here too:
(DE) Ingrid Taylor was interviewed on the BR about the impact of the failed vote on the Withdrawal Agreement in the House of Commons, ‘Ingrid Taylor, Verein “British in Bavaria“‘, BR-Podcast, 16th January, 2019
Daniel Tetlow was interviewed on the situation for UK Nationals living in another EU Member state on Deutsche Welle, 16th January, 2019
Jane Golding was interviewed on the situation in the UK following Parliament’s rejection of the Withdrawal Bill on Deutsche Welle, 16th January, 2019
Daniel Tetlow was interviewed as part of an article on how “No-Deal” would affect UK nationals living in another EU Member State, ‘Brexit: How would no deal affect UK citizens in the EU?‘, BBC, 14 January, 2019
Matt Bristow of BiG was interviewed as part of an article on the situation of UK nationals now living in another EU Member state, ‘We are being abandoned’: Britons in EU on the Brexit deal vote,’ The Guardian, 13 January, 2019
Jane Golding speaks for BiG before a Bundestag Committee
The German Parliamentary Committee for the European Union has heard from Expert Witnesses about the Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK. Jane Golding attended to provide evidence on the impact of Brexit on UK nationals living and working in Germany.
Although she chose to speak in English, the recording of the event contains only the German translation.
Her contributions can be seen at 32:30 (following the question from the German MP) and for a second time at 1:10:40 on the Bundestag Mediathek Website with a report (in German) of the proceeding also on the Bundestag Website.
British in Germany also provided written evidence what can also be found on the Bundestag Website as part of the entire written contributions.
British in Europe’s Kathryn Dobson speaks to C4 News
Channel 4 News interviews BiG members in Berlin
Last night’s Channel 4 news included interviews with Jane Golding and other BiG activists in Berlin. We were asked about the impact on our everyday lives and what a no-deal Brexit means to us. You can watch the interviews here, and the entire show at the C4 news website.
You can also watch the opening speeches at the British Embassy event below, from Sir Sebastian Wood (British Ambassador to Berlin), Christoph Wolfrum (Federal Foreign Office); Jane Golding, Chair, British in Europe and British in Germany, and Engelhard Mazanke, (Berlin Foreigners’ Registration Office).
Don’t let a No-Deal Brexit haunt our lives
Daniel Tetlow of British in Germany is mentioned in an interesting Brexit related Newsletter published by The Local.
As the March 30th deadline looms, many Brits are moving to ensure better access to jobs and rights in the EU post-Brexit. “Many are Brits who have fled the main British cities, they are fleeing Brexit” says British in Germany’s Daniel Tetlow.
Open Letter to Theresa May
As part of the Last Mile Lobby, a joint letter to Theresa May was delivered to Downing Street by representatives of the3million, Unison and British in Europe.
In it, the groups express their concerns over citizens’ rights of the 5 million citizens affected and ask Mrs. May to join with the EU and meet their commitments to them.
Here is a pdf of the full letter
and a German translation.
Finally here is a Press Release for the German Media.
British in Europe on BBC NewsChannel and World
Jane Golding, Chair of British in Europe and British in Germany and Nicolas Hatton, a founder of the3million appeared on the BBC on 21st June 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq9SDU5CI0k&t=49s
British in Europe on flagship BBC radio programme
Fiona Godfrey, one of the deputy chairs of British in Europe and chair of British Immigrants Living in Luxembourg, spoke today with Reality Check Correspondent Chris Morris on the BBC Radio 4’s flagship morning news programme “Today”.
Fiona explains how the current situation for working Brits in the EU remains extremely unclear. While it is expected that those currently living in an EU Member State will retain their right to work in the Member State of their residence, those who work cross-border, either physically or virtually, will lose that right unless something new is negotiated.
While Fiona is a Luxembourg resident and in such a small country almost inevitably has to work cross-border, Helen lives in the much larger country of France, and yet still needs to seek cross-border work, in this case during the off-season at her ski chalet.
Both are currently seeking dual nationality in their respective countries, an option which is open to Brits in Germany who have the necessary years of residency here, but is only guaranteed until the Brexit date–29 March 2019–after which they may fall foul of Germany’s Single Nationality rule.
Their interview can be best heard on the BBC’s Full Facts website.
Or here on the Today Programme at 44:38 minutes in.
For those who choose to give up their UK citizenship in order to gain a German one post Brexit, the UK government has once more shown how it is wants to help, by hiking the fees.
However, not only Brits already in Europe are going to face difficulties. There are also Brits in the UK who also need to travel to Europe to work, if not necessary live. The BBC Today programme yesterday featured an orchestra in the UK who are now concerned about their ability to easily travel to the EU to perform. The report can be found at 1:43:00 in on this broadcast.
And finally in what was a busy week for UK Citizens in the EU on Radio 4, this final report discusses the position of UK citizens in Spain (and by extension in Germany) with regard to their Registration (Anmeldung in Germany) and continuing Freedom of Movement, etc. The report can be found at 42:00 in on this broadcast.
To show how difficult Citizen’s Rights are, Europe Street News has helpfully produced the following summary chart.
