Pets in Limbo due to uncertainty of rights under Pet Passport Scheme

Pets in Limbo due to uncertainty of rights under Pet Passport Scheme

Apr 13, 2018 | Articles, News

Michel Barnier has claimed:

“If Brexit negotiations fail it will make it harder to travel with pets
from the UK to the EU.”

Bremain Pets
BBC Reality Check verdict:

“If there is no deal then it will indeed be harder to take pets to the EU. The pet passport scheme includes countries that are not EU members, but a deal would need to be done. At the moment you can take your pet;  dog, cat, or indeed ferret, from the UK to the EU and back again without quarantine provided that certain conditions are met, such as having a pet passport and your pet being microchipped.

Mister
Frankie
Kaiser

Pet passports are issued by EU countries and a short list of other countries such as Greenland, Iceland and Switzerland. The UK could be added to this list, but clearly agreements would be needed to make that happen – it would not be automatic.”

The Government, in response, has pledged that the ‘Passport for Pets’ will be preserved after Britain leaves the EU. Michael Gove’s Environment Department has reassured animal-lovers that there would be no return to the quarantine restrictions.

The UK Government has no authority to say that the Pet Passport will be preserved for travel between the UK and EU countries, particularly in the event of a no deal scenario!

Jess
Bremain Pets
Oxo

BREMAIN IN SPAIN members know that the only way of protecting their much-loved pets is to #StopBrexit.  Below you will find a gallery compiled from a selection of our members’ pets – many of whom have been rescued after being abandoned, or re-homed from an animal sanctuary. These wonderful creatures are their family members and companions. They deserve better!

Timmy

‘Thank you to our members for sharing pictures of your pet chums with us.

It emboldens us further fighting for them to

#StopBrexit!’

Laika
Maisy
Maisy

We make no apology for the sheer number of Bremain Pets on this page.

They are real pets, with real families and need their rights protected just like their owners.

The only answer is to #StopBrexit!

Bremain Pets
Guy Verhofstadt welcomes anti-Brexit campaigners to celebrate birthday in Brussels

Guy Verhofstadt welcomes anti-Brexit campaigners to celebrate birthday in Brussels

Apr 12, 2018 | Articles, News

ARCH europhile Guy Verhofstadt celebrated his 65th birthday on Wednesday with a bizarre gift from self-proclaimed EU super girl Madelina Kay.

The anti-Brexit activist travelled to Brussels, where she presented the former Belgian prime minister a portrait of himself and a card signed by 1,200 fellow pro-EU advocates.Other gifts included an EU flag umbrella, which the Brexit Steering Group chairman nearly opened indoors.  Ms Kay’s visit to Mr Verhfostadt included an impromptu performance of ‘Happy Birthday’, which she played on her guitar and later uploaded a video to Twitter.As she offers the sporadic performance, Mr Verhofstadt replies: “You can sing, you can paint, you can… I can’t, I’m a bad singer.”

 

See full story in the Express (sorry but couldn’t be helped!)…

 

 

 

Brexit Countdown: why remaining in Spain will be a massive pain after Brexit

Brexit Countdown: why remaining in Spain will be a massive pain after Brexit

Mar 26, 2018 | Articles, News

One million Brits living in EU countries are today feeling abandoned by Theresa May.

Sue Wilson who heads Bremain in Spain representing 310,000 of them told Brexit Countdown: “We are in the dark as to where we stand.”
Brussels wants to restrict them to where they are now after Brexit so they won’t be allowed to move to another EU country.
Which means Brits abroad will have fewer rights than three million EU citizens living in the UK who can go to any of the other 27 EU member states.

Nothing the PM did with our EU partners at crunch European Council talks last week changed that.  And her UK tour this week to mark a year until Brexit on 29th March 2019 won’t help them either.

One in three Brits in Spain are retired. Those with jobs across the border in France face passport holdups after Brexit.
But don’t describe them as “expats” – they hate that. Sue adds: “We’re migrants, no different to EU citizens in the UK.”
“We’re not tourists. We don’t spend our lives on beaches or playing bowls or golf. We work, we raise children.”

Read full story in the Mirror…

British expats in Spain one step closer to securing EU citizenship post-Brexit after landmark ruling in Netherlands

British expats in Spain one step closer to securing EU citizenship post-Brexit after landmark ruling in Netherlands

Feb 12, 2018 | Articles

BRITISH expats will be able to fight for their EU citizenship at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) after winning a landmark legal ruling. 

It comes after five expats in the Netherlands asked a court in Amsterdam to refer their case to the ECJ last month. The group argued their existing rights could not be taken away because of a referendum in the UK. The judge ruled yesterday that the case could be referred.

A spokesman for Brexpats – Hear Our Voice, which led the challenge, said: “We are grateful to the court and obviously delighted with the decision. However, this is just the first step in clarifying what Brexit could mean for our EU citizenship.

“This case has always been about seeking clarification, not only for the 46,000 Brits living in the Netherlands, but also for all the 1.2 million Brits living in other EU countries.

“As has been demonstrated in recent days, what Brexit means is still extremely unclear. You cannot play with the lives of 1.2 million people as if they are pieces on a chessboard.”

Bremain in Spain’s Sue Wilson says she Agrees with Nigel Farage

Bremain in Spain’s Sue Wilson says she Agrees with Nigel Farage

Jan 17, 2018 | Articles

Lest we forget what he said…

Sue Wilson, Chair of Bremain in Spain, a group campaigning for the UK to remain in the European Union and to protect the rights of British migrants living in Spain, comments on Nigel Farage’s suggestion re holding a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU.

She says: “When I first read Nigel Farage’s comments last week regarding a second referendum, I thought there was a mistake. When it became clear that he really was advocating giving the British public another bite at the apple, I couldn’t help being suspicious of his motives. Could Farage really believe the Leave camp would win if we re-ran the referendum or was this just another publicity stunt? When Aaron Banks then reiterated Farage’s call, I wondered about their intentions. Are they really so confident about the outcome, despite the swing towards Remain in many recent polls?”

She continues: “It seems that Farage’s suggestion is for another in/out referendum – not something I would personally advocate. However, I support the idea of another referendum once the outline of a deal is known. Or, as Vince Cable describes it, a referendum on the facts.”

“One thing that may have surprised Farage, despite some backpedalling on his part, was the wholehearted support for a second referendum from Remain supporters, such as Lord Adonis and Nick Clegg. This led to a flurry of activity on social media. While the Remain movement’s attitude was ‘bring it on’, the Leavers, by comparison, were remarkably silent on the subject.”

Read the full story in EUbusiness…