For
British citizens in Spain a deal is much better than a no-deal scenario as it protects
some of our key rights like residency in our host country, healthcare for
UK pensioners and social security coordination — while losing other ones like freedom of movement and the ability to deliver cross-border
services.
However, we cannot fully
evaluate the agreement until we have seen the final text. And on many
issues that affect us, and the UK as whole, this will be a blind Brexit
with almost everything to be negotiated after the UK has left the EU and
thus in an even weaker position than now. In addition, huge
uncertainty still remains over whether the deal will actually go through
a) the cabinet b) the UK parliament c) the European Parliament.
Because
of all this, EuroCitizens will continue to fully support British in Europe in lobbying
for the ring-fencing of Citizens' Rights, to work for any possible strengthening of the CRs
section of the Withdrawal Agreement and to fight for a People's Vote for
All with the option of Remain on the ballot paper. At the same time, we
will continue to engage with the Spanish central government to find out what
the Withdrawal Agreement will mean for us practically in terms of our lives
as Third-Country Nationals and what contingency plans there are for a no-deal Brexit.
When we have seen and evaluated the final text, we will put out another more detailed statement.
