Brexit: Spain’s Valencia Region Calls To Extend The 90 Day Rule For British Citizens
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0:00 Brexit: Spain’s Valencia Region Calls To Extend The 90-day Rule For British Citizens
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The impact of ending freedom of movement for British citizens in the EU has seen an adverse effect on Valencia’s economy.
According to the authorities in the region, there is a “notable decrease” in visitor numbers in 2020 compared to 2019, dropping from 3 million down to 600,000.
Even though the Covid-19 pandemic and international travel restrictions have clearly had an impact on this decrease in numbers, for Valencia’s regional president Ximo Puig “recovering the British market is a priority for the Valencian Community”, and that means resolving the limitations that Schengen rules impose on UK nationals who don’t hold a Spanish or EU residency document following Brexit.
2:17 Period of Stay in Spain
On 1 November, Puig told journalists at the World Travel Market in London that he had urged Spain’s Tourism Ministry to help make it easier for British nationals to spend more than 90 out of 180 days in the region without having to apply for a visa.
This would encompass “British residents in the Valencian region, future home buyers and people who come to visit their families”,
which according to regional authorities represents about 100,000 people.
The aim is to avoid the bureaucracy that this extension entails and the difficulties that it poses for British people who want to remain in the region for longer.
As the Valencian leader put it, they want to make “Brexit as Brexit-less as possible”.
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4:09 Second Home Owners in Spain
Based on Spanish government data, the number of British nationals in 2020 who own property in Spain is anywhere between 800,000 and 1 million.
Many of these are part of the 380,000 full-year British residents in Spain whose rights are protected under the Withdrawal Agreement, but there are potentially hundreds of thousands more who don’t hold a Spanish residency document for legitimate reasons as they don’t spend more than 183 days a year in Spain and therefore aren’t fiscal residents.
British nationals who fall into this grey area play a crucial economic role in many communities in Spain, especially in Alicante province where Costa Blanca is located.
Carlos Mazón, president of Alicante’s Provincial Council and Tourism Board, met with José Pascual Marco, the Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, on 2 November to address the situation of British residents in the province after Brexit.
British residents in Alicante province are a source of wealth for us and one of our best ambassadors for the arrival of British tourism to the Costa Blanca Carlos Mazón
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