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    Possibilities for keeping EU citizenship after leaving EU set out in new report

    As formal negotiations get underway in Brussels, Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans is publishing a new report that explores how UK citizens could retain EU citizenship after the UK's withdrawal from the EU. The study was launched in the European Parliament on Tuesday, and the researchers will present t...
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    The feasibility of associate EU citizenship for UK citizens postBrexit

    This report has five principal findings on the protection of the status of Union citizenship and the related rights post-Brexit. First, the key question as to providing this protection is whether Union Citizenship continues post-Brexit, or whether Brexit extinguishes Citizenship. The report consider...
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    Press release |

    No mandate for hard Brexit

    Reaction to the results of the UK general election from Greens/EFA co-presidents Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts.
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    Press release |

    EU must learn the lessons of Brexit

    We need to learn the lessons of Brexit, says Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts.
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    Press release |

    Call for early agreement on protecting citizens' rights in Brexit talks

    Speaking in this morning's European Parliament debate on the Brexit negotiations with EU Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Scottish National Party MEP Alyn Smith said: "I'd pick up on Guy Verhofstadt's point about how Eurosceptic...
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    Video |

    Brexit - negotiations with the United Kingdom ...

    "Prime Minister May, many of your own citizens are proud to call not just the UK, but Europe home. We can't let them down!"
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    Press release |

    Negotiations must be conducted in good faith

    The European Parliament has backed a resolution setting out its terms for negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union. The resolution was co-signed by the Greens/EFA group alongside the EPP, S&D, ALDE, and GUE-NGL groups. Negotiations must commence in good faith, says Greens/EFA co-president, Philippe Lamberts.
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    News |

    Citizens must be central to Brexit talks

    According to MEPs from the European Free Alliance group, the negotiations should be fair and in good faith, with citizens' interests coming first and people not used as bargaining chips
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    Press release |

    "Keep Our Citizens Safe" - EU Parliament approves Brexit mandate

    The SNP Members of the European Parliament Ian Hudghton MEP and Alyn Smith MEP have today (Wednesday) voted, with heavy hearts, to approve a European Parliament negotiating mandate in response to the UK commencing the Article 50 process to leave the EU. The mandate is not about the merits of Brex...
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    Brexit

    "As a Scottish European I’ve long wondered how I’d feel today, and the answer is I’m heartbroken. Not for myself but for the people I serve, for future generations."