On 13 September the Guardian published a letter from me under the headline “Fight for the right to Austrian citizenship”. Within a week, on 19 September, the Austrian parliament unanimously approved a substantive change. It is not necessary that the ancestors themselves reclaimed Austrian citizenship. Procedure– Austrian citizenship will be granted in a simplified procedure, free of charge. I now learn that prospective British dual citizenship applicants have a new name, awarded by the rightwing Austrian Freedom party (FPÖ) which supported the new law.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2019 17:48 UTC