Gabriel said that since majority of the voters who voted Britain out of EU were old, young Britons in Germany should be offered a citizenship. Germany should offer citizenship to young Britons living in Germany given that it was largely older voters in England and Wales who voted for 'Brexit' in last month's referendum, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Saturday. Gabriel, who is also Vice Chancellor, said Germany should think about what it could offer young Britons and added the SPD had always been in favour of allowing people dual citizenship. The opposition Greens party has also called for Germany to make it easy for Britons living in Germany to get a German passport. Britain voted 52 to 48% on June 23 in favour of quitting the European Union, with the referendum splitting the country along several lines such old versus young, England and Wales versus Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Source: dna July 03, 2016 14:15 UTC