Britons must accept the loss of their EU citizenship due to Brexit. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said in Luxembourg on Thursday that this was “an automatic consequence solely of the United Kingdom’s sovereign decision to withdraw from the Union”, but not of appealable EU decisions. Complaints to the EU courts are therefore inadmissible.
In a British referendum on 23 June 2016, 52 percent of voters voted for Britain to leave the EU. After lengthy negotiations, the negotiated Brexit agreement was approved in January 2020 in the British House of Lords and the EU Council. Then it was signed. On 31 January 2020, Britain left the EU.
British: Losing EU citizenship has consequences
Several UK citizens claim that Brexit has stripped them of rights they would have exercised and acquired as EU citizens. Some claimants live in different EU states, where they were previously automatically allowed to work and live as EU citizens.
They complained about the agreement and its approval by the Council. The Court of First Instance of the European Union has already declared the lawsuits inadmissible in June 2021. The Court of Justice followed suit.
In justification, the Luxembourg judges stressed “that the exit decision is based solely on the will of the Member State concerned and therefore depends solely on its sovereign decision”. The loss of EU citizenship and related rights for the British is solely a result of this “sovereign decision of the United Kingdom and not of the withdrawal agreement or decision of the Council”. The complaints are therefore inadmissible.
Source: Krone
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