I found Theresa May's facebook page and wrote this:
Dear
Mrs May - 1.2 million of your compatriots are living in another EU27
country and, therefore, under their aegis and laws. This includes me
(Hello!, Merry Christmas). We are understandably uneasy about what may
befall us - based (we imagine) on what
may befall the EU citizens who are working or studying in the UK. We
could lose our vote in local elections (I haven't had a vote - ever - in
the British ones, and it is nice to be able to vote somewhere now and
again). We will most probably lose the right to stand for local office
in our adopted countries. Perhaps you could, with your influence,
suggest that Brussels produces a European ID card or 'passport' (we
remember the Nansen Passport of the 1920s) and allow us 'expatriates' to
stay with whatever rights and privileges we currently enjoy. Muchas
gracias y un saludo.
You don't really think that Mrs May has any influence in Brussels, do you really? If us British ex-pats get a European passport it will be thanks to a Belgian, Dutch or German politician.
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