The French government issued a favorable light on Friday over a report said by the father of the British prime minister to take over French nationality, showing how British are connected to the European Union of which they are no longer part. not.
Reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wants to keep a foot in Europe by taking French citizenship made headlines just as his son led Britain’s split from the EU on Thursday. Britain leaves the huge European market for people, goods and services at 23:00 London time on New Year’s Eve.
The French Minister for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, described the citizens’ application as a sign of British sentiment for Europe, when he visited Calais on Friday to examine how the French port was adapting to Brexit.
“If Johnson’s father has the right to French nationality, wants to remain a European citizen and become a French citizen, we will investigate,” he said. ‘To me, it’s a wink or a sign that many British people still like Europe in different ways.
“There are a lot of people in the UK for whom this is also a sad day,” Beaune added.
Elder Johnson, 80, is a former member of the European Parliament who supported the EU’s support in the 2016 EU referendum. He has since expressed support for his son when the prime minister led the UK out of the bloc.
The French nationality would give Elder Johnson the automatic rights that other Britons had lost, including the fact that they could travel and live freely in all 27 EU countries.
Stanley Johnson told broadcaster RTL on Thursday that he was “regaining” his French identity.
“It’s not a matter of becoming French. If I understand correctly, I am French. My mother was born in France. Her mother was completely French, just like her grandfather, “he told RTL. ‘So for me it’s a matter of recycling that I already have.
“I will always be a European. That’s for sure, ”said Stanley Johnson. ‘You can not say to the English:’ You are not a European. ‘Europe is always more than the common market, more than the European Union. ”