CJEU confirms that UK citizens lost EU citizenship

After Brexit (31 January 2020), the rights of UK citizens vis-a-vis the European Union are governed by the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) and by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) 

When the UK was a member of the EU, UK citizens also held citizenship of the EU which placed UK citizens on a par with citizens of every other member State. It was a valuable status for many individuals.

It was perhaps obvious that one consequence of Brexit was that UK citizens would lose their EU citizenship.

The UK government made no attempt

to negotiate retention of the citizenship for those who already held it.

The loss of citizenship has been confirmed by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in a preliminary reference from France.

An article on the reference appears at Scottish Legal  News (13 June 2022).  A woman, EP, challenged her removal from the French electoral roll. Her application to the CJEU was opposed by the Prefect of the French Department of Gers.

The CJEU ruling is reported fully at CJEU Info Curia Case Law

Citizens’ rights | European Commission (europa.eu)

Law and Lawyers: Reflections on Exit Day (obiterj.blogspot.com)

14 June 2022