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Dear all, there are currently two legal cases under way which may be of interest to those of you who are British Citizens resident in the EU. The aim of these cases is to restore European Citizenship and the rights that go with it to Brits living in Europe, these valuable things having been lost due to Brexit. The cases are currently waiting to be heard in the European Court of Justice.

The motivation behind this is legal and not political. It is not in any way an attempt to resurrect sensitivities as to the rights and wrongs of Brexit and neither is this thread intended to do that.

The cases contend there is no proper legal foundation for taking away European Citizenship, or for the abrogation of the important rights that go with it. Furthermore, to do so is in violation of a number of the Treaties that represent the underlying legal framework of the E.U. as well as contravening the European Convention for The Protection of Human Rights.

The substance and credibility of these cases is demonstrated by the fact that they have risen through the hierarchies of the courts in France and Belgium and have been referred on to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. They have been assigned to the Court’s Grand Chamber of fifteen judges. The Court sits in a Grand Chamber when a Member State or an institution which is a party to the proceedings requests it, and in particularly complex or important cases.

The following information is provided by EU BRITIZENS who are supporting the case.

“EU BRITIZENS are a concerned group of UK British passport holders, who are resident in the 27 remaining countries of the European Union (EU). EU BRITIZENS is an Association registered under French law, in support of two French lawyers, seeking to regain EU Citizenship, for ALL British residents. As volunteers, they seek to represent the interests of some 1.4 MILLION British people, who as a result of Brexit, have lost many rights, including freedom of movement, the rights to work / study / research, and the recognition of professional qualifications. EU Britizens is supporting the legal case, coming before the EU Courts of Justice, later this year. The legal team, Maitre Julien Fouchet, famous for his support of Protected content old Harry Schindler, aided by Maitre JeanNoël Caubet-Hilloutou, working pro bono, are presenting two parallel cases, both British ladies, Mmes Bouilliez and Strawson respectively resident in France and Belgium, where local courts have passed their respective cases, to the ECJ/CJUE, as being beyond their jurisdiction. Mme Alice Bouilliez is currently President of EU BRITIZENS."

The more support the case gets the better its chances of success. The lawyers are working “pro-bono”, so none of the litigants have been asked to pay fees. But there are, inevitably, costs to be covered. There’s more information available on the EU Britizens website - Protected content .

If you’d like to support their work and the costs of moving these cases forward, there’s a link on the same site to make a small donation.

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