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Bloomberg
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Romania's Far-Right Leader to Face Centrist Mayor in Election Runoff
A Romanian ultranationalist aligned with Donald Trump will head to a presidential runoff against the centrist mayor of Bucharest later this month after securing victory in a repeat election on Sunday, the latest blow to the nation's ruling establishment. George Simion of the ultranationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians secured about 41%, while independent Nicusor Dan won 21%, Romania's election authority said early Monday with almost all votes counted. Former liberal party leader Crin Antonescu, who was backed by the current ruling coalition, came in third and will miss out on the runoff, in a move that risks unsettling the current government led by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. Veronica Anghel, assistant professor of the European University Institute speaks to Bloomberg's Kriti Gupta on what the election rerun results signifies so far, as well as trust in Romanian institutions. (Source: Bloomberg)
Euronews
24-04-2025
- Health
- Euronews
What is the European public's attitude towards irregular migrants' rights?
ADVERTISEMENT In Europe, the number of irregular migrants is estimated to be between 2.6 million and 3.2 million. New research shows that access to primary health care for irregular migrants is generally preferred over providing low-income support. The PRIME study, undertaken by researchers at the European University Institute in Italy and the University of Uppsala in Sweden, collected the answers of 20,000 people across Austria, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the UK. Respondents in the UK were found to have more negative views than in the other four countries across a number of policy areas. Those surveyed in the UK were also the least supportive of granting irregular migrants access to primary health care, even when paired with reporting duties. These five countries were selected for the study due to their geographical proximity and differing demographic characteristics, as well as variations in their welfare, labour market, and migration policies, according to the report. "Our research challenges the idea that public attitudes to irregular migrants' rights are simply 'pro-' or 'anti-'. Instead, we find that policy design matters — often when policies offer both control and protection, public support increases," said Joakim Palme, professor of political science at Uppsala University and a co-author of the study. What migration controls boost support for access to rights? Among the five countries, there was greater support for irregular migrants receiving healthcare and back pay for withheld wages when these rights were linked to obligations for public sector employees to report irregular migrants to authorities. However, the provision of cash assistance to irregular migrants, even when paired with reporting obligations, did not garner public support. British and Swedish respondents were generally unsupportive of back pay for irregular migrants, even when linked to subsequent removal procedures. On the other hand, Italian respondents stand out for their positive overall attitude towards granting rights to irregular migrants. They are also significantly more likely to favour regularisation and to support unconditional access to primary health care. Progressive and politically left-leaning respondents were generally more likely to express positive attitudes towards granting irregular migrants legal rights and regularisation opportunities.
Bloomberg
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Britons More Restrictive Toward Illegal Migrants Than EU Peers
Britons are more skeptical about giving migrants who have entered the country illegally a path to legal status than other Europeans, according to a study of five nations. UK respondents to the survey of 20,000 people displayed the most ambivalent or restrictive views toward so-called irregular migrants, the research from the European University Institute in Italy and the University of Uppsala in Sweden showed. People in Poland, Sweden, Austria and Italy were also surveyed.
Local Norway
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Local Norway
More than 120,000 Brits naturalised in European countries since Brexit vote
The data reveals that more than 110,000 Britons naturalised in EU countries between 2016, the year of the Brexit referendum, and 2023, according to the latest data on citizenship acquisition published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU. Another 11,000 are added if those who were naturalised in Norway (3,864) and Switzerland (7,165) are included. The data refers doesn't include those whop naturalised in 2024 and only those who obtained an EU citizenship by residency, rather than by ancestry or marriage. Tens of thousands of Britons have gained Irish passports via ancestry since Brexit. 'The dramatic increase in naturalisation of British citizens across the EU and associated countries is one of the unmistakable effects of Brexit. New [Eurostat] data show that 8 years after the [UK] decided to leave the [EU], we are well over the naturalisation peak of 2019,' said Maarten Vink, Chair in Citizenship Studies and Director of the Global Citizenship research area at the European University Institute in Florence. Overall, 110,295 Britons living in EU countries took on the nationality of their country of residence in these eight years, according to the figures. The largest number was recorded in Germany (36,888), followed by France (20,966), Sweden (11,384), the Netherlands (9,000), Belgium (7,741), and Ireland (6,376). Only 3,010 British residents in Italy became Italian citizens during this period, and 2,363 Britons in Spain, according to Eurostat's data. Despite hosting the largest British population in the EU, Spain allows dual citizenship only with certain countries, so Britons would have to give up their UK passport to naturalise there. Several other European countries have restrictions on dual citizenship. Austria, one of them, recorded 395 naturalisations of British citizens between 2016 and 2023. Smaller countries in Western Europe recorded a high number of naturalisations of British citizens in relation to the local population: 4,291 in Cyprus, 2,277 in Denmark, 1,984 in Luxembourg, 1,385 in Malta, 1,041 in Portugal and 794 in Greece. The number was low in Central and Easter Europe, with 285 Britons naturalising in Slovakia over the same period, 267 in Czechia, 257 in Poland, and 230 in Hungary. The figure was proportionally high in Latvia, at 770. Only 4 British citizens naturalised in Estonia over the eight years, 6 in Lithuania, 11 in Romania, 15 in Bulgaria and 20 in Slovenia, Eurostat data show. The number of naturalisations increased sharply in 2016, when the UK voted to leave the European Union, as British citizens started to look for ways to secure their rights in their countries of residence. People obtaining citizenship in an EU member state also automatically acquire EU citizenship, which grants among other things free movement rights across the bloc and electoral rights in local and European elections. While only around 2,500 UK residents acquired citizenships in other EU member states in 2014 and 2015, the number rose to almost 6,700 in 2016 and reached a peak of 29,842 in 2019, before the UK and the EU reached an agreement on the terms of exit. The number has gradually declined since then and was 6,650 in 2023. Norway recorded a sharp rise in 2021 (1,578 compared to 230 in 2020, and 1,054 in 2023). The number of British residents who naturalised in Germany collapsed from 13,675 in 2019 to 235 in 2023, in Sweden from 4,489 to 10.
Local Sweden
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Local Sweden
More than 120,000 Brits naturalised in European countries since Brexit vote
The data reveals that more than 110,000 Britons naturalised in EU countries between 2016, the year of the Brexit referendum, and 2023, according to the latest data on citizenship acquisition published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU. Another 11,000 are added if those who were naturalised in Norway (3,864) and Switzerland (7,165) are included. The data refers doesn't include those whop naturalised in 2024 and only those who obtained an EU citizenship by residency, rather than by ancestry or marriage. Tens of thousands of Britons have gained Irish passports via ancestry since Brexit. 'The dramatic increase in naturalisation of British citizens across the EU and associated countries is one of the unmistakable effects of Brexit. New [Eurostat] data show that 8 years after the [UK] decided to leave the [EU], we are well over the naturalisation peak of 2019,' said Maarten Vink, Chair in Citizenship Studies and Director of the Global Citizenship research area at the European University Institute in Florence. Overall, 110,295 Britons living in EU countries took on the nationality of their country of residence in these eight years, according to the figures. The largest number was recorded in Germany (36,888), followed by France (20,966), Sweden (11,384), the Netherlands (9,000), Belgium (7,741), and Ireland (6,376). Only 3,010 British residents in Italy became Italian citizens during this period, and 2,363 Britons in Spain, according to Eurostat's data. Despite hosting the largest British population in the EU, Spain allows dual citizenship only with certain countries, so Britons would have to give up their UK passport to naturalise there. Several other European countries have restrictions on dual citizenship. Austria, one of them, recorded 395 naturalisations of British citizens between 2016 and 2023. Smaller countries in Western Europe recorded a high number of naturalisations of British citizens in relation to the local population: 4,291 in Cyprus, 2,277 in Denmark, 1,984 in Luxembourg, 1,385 in Malta, 1,041 in Portugal and 794 in Greece. The number was low in Central and Easter Europe, with 285 Britons naturalising in Slovakia over the same period, 267 in Czechia, 257 in Poland, and 230 in Hungary. The figure was proportionally high in Latvia, at 770. Only 4 British citizens naturalised in Estonia over the eight years, 6 in Lithuania, 11 in Romania, 15 in Bulgaria and 20 in Slovenia, Eurostat data show. The number of naturalisations increased sharply in 2016, when the UK voted to leave the European Union, as British citizens started to look for ways to secure their rights in their countries of residence. People obtaining citizenship in an EU member state also automatically acquire EU citizenship, which grants among other things free movement rights across the bloc and electoral rights in local and European elections. While only around 2,500 UK residents acquired citizenships in other EU member states in 2014 and 2015, the number rose to almost 6,700 in 2016 and reached a peak of 29,842 in 2019, before the UK and the EU reached an agreement on the terms of exit. The number has gradually declined since then and was 6,650 in 2023. Norway recorded a sharp rise in 2021 (1,578 compared to 230 in 2020, and 1,054 in 2023). The number of British residents who naturalised in Germany collapsed from 13,675 in 2019 to 235 in 2023, in Sweden from 4,489 to 10.
