On the day the United Kingdom is breaking up with the European Union, the British prime minister’s father said he was in the process of applying for a French passport.
Stanley Johnson, Boris Johnson’s father, is a former member of the European Parliament who voted to remain in the bloc in Britain’s 2016 EU referendum.
He told RTL radio he wanted to become a French citizen because of strong family links to France.
If his application is accepted, he will become a dual national and acquire a passport of an EU member country, which would give him some advantages in terms of travel.
“If I understand it correctly, I am French. My mother was born in France, her mother was totally French as was her grandfather. So for me, it is about reclaiming what I already have. And that makes me very happy,” said the 80-year-old Johnson, who was speaking in French.
“I will always be a European, that’s for sure. One cannot tell the British people: you are not Europeans. Having a tie with the European Union is important,” he added.
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