We might be able to opt-in to stay as EU citizens after Brexit

if you had been gutted about Brexit and feel passionately that you'd like to be part of the eu Union still, you'll be properly on board with this new thought from a liberal MEP, Charles Goerens.

in line with the unbiased, the Member of the ecu Parliament has recommend an modification to the european's constitution which might suggest people of a country which has left the union may want to apply to hold their membership on a non-public level - making them 'associate citizens'.

this would allow the residents to preserve rights to live, journey and paintings in member states freely, simply as we do now. Which is splendid; because one of the most gutting things approximately the upcoming doom of Brexit (aside from the affordable problems, obvs) is how it's going to restriction our freedom to tour and are living wherever we need across the ecu.

currently, we are allowed - and we welcome residents of fellow eu member states to do the identical - to live and paintings in another ecu usa, and it makes for a multi-cultural society which - for most people - is best perceived as a high-quality component.

In a blog submit written by way of the MEP who proposed the concept, he explains how it might paintings.

"This companion club need to provide rights including the liberty of movement and the proper to live within the eu Member States. Following the reciprocal precept of 'no taxation with out illustration', those accomplice residents must pay an annual club price directly into the eu budget. In return, european associate residents will be able to stand and vote in the ecu elections on trans-national eu lists."

As Goerens writes, if we did choose-in to be a part of the eu as an man or woman, we might need to pay a fee - however in addition to the other advantages listed above, it might also give us the proper to face for elections ourselves (if politics is your component) or vote for who represents the people inside the ecu Parliament, just as we do now.

manifestly, Brexit campaigners are a ways from happy approximately the idea, calling it "an outrage", labelling it "divisive" and claiming that it discriminates towards folks that desired to vote to depart. But you cannot get more democratic than character, self reliant preference, are you able to?

Why shouldn't we all be capable of pick out what we need for ourselves? In any case, a hefty proportion of the populace have been in opposition to the idea of leaving the eu within the first place.

anything decision is made on this, it's bound to be a debatable one. However what do you observed? Would it surely divide the u . S . A . In two, or do you observed it's honest sufficient to let humans make their very own selections on the matter? Allow us to realize your mind with a tweet @CosmopolitanUK.

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