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2 weeks ago | 
thelocal.com | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
A "youth experience" scheme, a promise the UK will re-join the EU’s Erasmus+ exchange programme and a move to allow Britons travelling to use eGates at passport control are among the terms of a deal announced after the first post-Brexit EU-UK summit. Although there are no set dates for when these arrangements become effective - the finer details will have to be fleshed out in the coming months - the UK and the European Commission have agreed to proceed “swiftly”.
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3 weeks ago | 
thelocal.de | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
Considered the European version of the US Green Card, the Blue Card was established in 2009 and reformed in 2021 to make it more attractive for highly qualified individuals.
To obtain a Blue Card, non-EU citizens need a university degree or an equivalent qualification, have a job offer and a salary meeting the threshold set by the EU country of expected residence.
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1 month ago | 
thelocal.com | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
People living in the EU have to register their cars in the country of normal residence. Each country has different rules (which can be consulted here) because there is no EU-wide law on vehicle registration. Car registration certificates are recognised by other EU countries when travelling or moving there, but re-registration is usually required if people move to another EU member state long-term.
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1 month ago | 
thelocal.com | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
Europe's population is changing The European Union's population is expected to steadily decline from 2026 due to fewer births and immigration no longer compensating for the fall in the birth rate. However there will be major differences across the different parts of Europe, according to a paper published by Bruegel, an economic policy think tank in Brussels. Another key trend in Europe's changing population is that there will be a higher proportion of elderly people in the years to come.
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1 month ago | 
thelocal.fr | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
In total, 453,920 people were ordered to leave an EU country in 2024, a 4 per cent increase compared to the 435,685 in 2023, an analysis of Eurostat data for The Local shows.
The figure was 124,935 in the last three months of the year, an increase by 16 per cent compared to the same period in 2023.
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2 months ago | 
thelocal.ch | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
EU countries granted citizenship to 1,050,100 foreign residents in 2023, the latest data by Eurostat, the EU statistical office, revealed.
This is an increase of over 6 percent compared to 2022 and does not consider the naturalisation of people living abroad, those who acquired citizenship by marriage or descent for instance.
Spain was the country that granted the largest number of citizenships (240,200), followed by Italy (213,600), Germany (199,800) and France (97,300).
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
thelocal.com | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
EU countries granted citizenship to 1,050,100 foreign residents in 2023, the latest data by Eurostat, the EU statistical office, revealed. This is an increase of over 6 percent compared to 2022 and does not consider the naturalisation of people living abroad, those who acquired citizenship by marriage or descent for instance. Spain was the country that granted the largest number of citizenships (240,200), followed by Italy (213,600), Germany (199,800) and France (97,300).
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
thelocal.com | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
The data reveals that more than 110,000 Britons naturalised in EU countries between 2016, the year of the Brexit referendum, and 2023, according to the latest data on citizenship acquisition published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU. Another 11,000 are added if those who were naturalised in Norway (3,864) and Switzerland (7,165) are included.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
thelocal.com | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
Several European countries require the knowledge of the local language to obtain permanent residence or citizenship, and more are introducing such policies or toughening up the level required. In 2024, France passed a law requiring French language tests for certain types of residency card. Sweden is currently moving ahead with language requirements for citizenship. A few years ago, Italy also started to demand a language test when applying for naturalisations by marriage.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
thelocal.com | Claudia Delpero |Europe Street
Five years ago, on January 31st 2020, the UK withdrew from the European Union – causing (among other things) a number of headaches for British citizens living in EU countries and for EU citizens in the UK, whose residence rights depended on EU legislation. Jane Golding, who co-founded the group British in Europe to defend the interests of Britons in the EU during the Brexit negotiations, remembers the “conflicting feelings” on that day.
