{"id":9204,"date":"2020-08-17T13:24:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T11:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankfurt-main-finance.com\/?p=9204"},"modified":"2020-11-13T13:27:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:27:54","slug":"the-end-of-the-brexit-transition-period-is-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankfurt-main-finance.com\/en\/the-end-of-the-brexit-transition-period-is-approaching\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of the Brexit transition period is approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, many Britons are leaving the United Kingdom, emigrating to mainland Europe and applying for citizenship in an EU country. This is shown by figures from the European Statistics Office Eurostat and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).<\/p>\n

British have the second-highest number of naturalisations in Germany<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In Germany alone, between the 2016 referendum and the end of 2019, the number of Britons who received German citizenship increased by 2000 per cent. According to the Federal Statistical Office, a total of 3,295 British citizens were naturalised in Hessen during this period (as of 31 December 2019). Around 120,000 British citizens now live in the Federal Republic, 2,545 of them in the Financial Centre Frankfurt (as of 31 December 2019 \/ Hessian State Statistical Office). Experts estimate that about half of the British living in Germany will have German citizenship in addition to British citizenship by the end of the year, according to an article by WDR correspondent Ralph Sina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following these developments, the United Kingdom moved into second place after Turkey in terms of naturalisations in Germany. According to studies conducted by the Berlin-based Social Science Research Centre in cooperation with Oxford University, the UK’s withdrawal from the EU is now the most important reason for many Britons choosing to emigrate, turning their backs on their home country.<\/p>\n

What does Brexit mean for British citizens living in Germany?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Michel Barnier, the EU Commission’s representative for the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, is preparing the EU for a no-deal Brexit on 31 December 2020. Citizens and businesses must prepare for massive changes, he said on Twitter on 4 August 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Less than half a year before the end of the transition period, there are still many unanswered questions. THE LOCAL has put some of them to the British Ambassador, Sir Sebastian Wood, and the head of the Brexit Task Force in Germany, Axel Dittmann:<\/p>\n