Can anyone who knows, tell us what rights we have as Citizens from another EU country.
I have been told I do not have any rights in France as I am not French and was not born here. I was under the illusion that we have the same rights as French people except that we can not vote for the President of France.
Are these rights specifically referred to in a specific agreement ( article numbers would be great to know thanks ) - For instance the Schengen Agreement gave certain rights, is there one for general rights and expectations, particularly in Civil and Criminal affairs?
Not true - though people tell you this. You have to find the relevant "textes" with the law spelt out and show it to people. Back in 1998 when I was applying to go in for the CAPES competitive exam to be a secondary school teacher, the rule was you had to be "un ressortissant de l'UE" i.e. a citizen of the European Union. You had also to have the same or equivalent educational qualifications as French candidates.
Other than the Armed forces, high office in politics and certain elections you've got nothing to worry about and should have the same rights as anyone else. Other than these exemples (which are easy to live without), can you tell me what the person who told you this was specifically refering to?
Our good friends live in Lytham St Ann's, I know your area well. The lake district is beautiful we took our Caravan there often at weekends, when the children were young.
I was born in Lancaster and then lived by Morecambe Bay, half an hour from Windermere.
You might have noticed but there are quite a lot of people who take their holidays there because it is so beautiful.
Maureen, my sister is up north and loves it, I'm from the south and I can't change that, having said that, if somewhere is "home" for me back in the UK, it's more Devon than Bucks/Oxfordshire, that's just where I was born and grew up. Sarah, the people are more than friendly but there again perhaps it was because my ex-OH was devonian so I had a lot of family and relations there + work collegues + cycling mates... It's all about accents (which I love) just the same as it is here, anyone from outside the south west sticks out a mile, especially people from the north - it works both ways, friends (french) from the aveyron still have problems with people in the vienne understanding them and vice versa which means that even though they've been there for over a decade, they still don't feel at home and aren't treated as such either...!
I agree with you, my siblings still live in Manchester my daughter in law is from Yorkshire, my son in law from Glasgow and lots of my friends and family are still in Manchester.
Well I was born in Leeds, have lived in the Midlands and in London -the midlands not so friendly, London only friendly in the East End where most of the people making the effort were from Northern England anyway! and until i moved here, I lived in Devon for 3 years which I found to be a lovely place but the people were not so friendly personally. So I vote for North of Derby as the best! :-P
What is wrong with up North? you have never lived, Northern people are the salt of the earth. I sometimes think that people South of Birmingham live sad lives!
Pretty good, Peter, it used to be further west - I spent over a decade in Devon and my ex is devonian - but I've been in France long enough now to resort to my accent roots born in Bucks grew up on the Bucks/Oxfordshire border. western home counties rather than Estuary English though...! ;-)
Nothing to do with nationality Sarah. Some jobs ie certain translation posts insist on french-speaking as a native or 'mother-tongue' as opposed to only 'schoolboy' french for example.
The one thing I have found is that most french employers believe in jobs for the french first and the rest after instead of the the best person for the job etc.
You would have thought so John but last year while jobhunting, I noticed an fair proportion of jobs stated 'Must be native French speaker or French as first language'. Although that does of course not rule out people from other French speaking countries, it does appear to be a roundabout way of saying 'this job is open to French people only' in my eyes!!
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