If British citizens have been living in EU countries for many years, in most cases I believe they're eligible to apply as citizens of those EU countries. In cer

If British citizens have been living in EU countries for many years, in most cases I believe they're eligible to apply as citizens of those EU countries. In certain cases (such as in the OP article), the Netherlands often requires one to renounce[1] current nationalities after qualifying for naturalization[2]. As a counterexample, France[3] and Germany[4] tend to allow citizenship via naturalization after 5-8 years and do not require one to give up other nationalities. There's also the (mostly implemented?[5]) EU blue card program[6] that UK citizens could apply to obtain permanent residence in EU countries. [1] https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Renouncing-your-current-nationality.aspx https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Renouncing-your-current-nationality.... [2] https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Naturalisation.aspx https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Naturalisation.asp... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law#French_citizenship_by_naturalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law#French_... [4] https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/EN/themen/migration/staatsang/Erwerb_der_deutschen_Staatsbuergerschaft_durch_Eingbuergerung_en.html https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/EN/themen/migration/... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Card_(European_Union)#Implementation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Card_(European_Union)#Imp... [6] http://www.eu-bluecard.com/ http://www.eu-bluecard.com/