The uncertainty over the future status of UK nationals working in other EU countries has increased after PM Theresa May’s election debacle. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/ReutersBerlin: A record number of Britons took German citizenship in 2016 as the UK voted to leave the European Union, according to the German federal statistics office. German authorities granted citizenship to 2,865 UK nationals last year, compared with about 600 in 2015, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday. Only 3.9% of Britons who have lived in Germany for 10 years or longer have taken on local citizenship, according to the data, suggesting that further increases may lie ahead as the UK exits the EU. Among nationals of Europe’s biggest economies, only Italians—3,597 of them—surpassed Britons in pursuing German citizenship, according to the latest statistics.

Source: Mint June 13, 2017 14:26 UTC