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For the past three years the Brits have been fighting and scrambling about the way they want to leave the EU. I, myself a Brit, cannot stand this chaos anymore and decided to become a German citizen, about a year ago.
But funnily enough Britain and I cannot seem to find a way to separate from one another.
A look to the past: On the morning after the referendum my alarm clock disturbs my hangover sleep. I am at Uni, I open my eyes and read „Britain votes to leave the EU“. This piece of news is worse than any „the morning-after“ feeling I ever had. Did my fellow people REALLY vote against the most prosperous and long-time peace project our continent ever has come up with? Did they really vote against freedom of movement – and in a way against me?
I am a Brit (29). My parents moved to Germany in the 1980’s, they took advantage of the freedom of movement within our wonderful continent. I was born here, went to school and University here. For the past three years I have been living and working in Berlin. I have even been supporting the German football team in nail-biting World Cup finals, successful and unsuccessful.
Last year I applied for the German citizenship.
The absurdity of Brexit for me: If the United Kingdom does not come up with a deal, or Theresa May does not manage to successfully get the EU27 leaders to give Britain an extension of the exit date, Britain would crash out on Friday – with no deal AND I would have to apply for residency. In the country I was born and raised in. The Brexit is cutting through whole families. That’s the bitter truth, not only in Europe, but also in Britain.
The problem I am facing is, that the local council here in Berlin doesn’t have enough manpower and computers to process the up to 10 000 applications by Brits to become German citizens in the capital city. They requested help from the government – unsuccessfully. The head of the council told this to guests of a reception at the British embassy in December of last year.
By now all of my family here have obtained the German citizenship. My mum in Schleswig-Holstein, up north, my brother in Lower Saxony and my father in Bavaria. They all didn’t have to wait longer than three months for there citizenship request to be processed.
While I can’t seem to let go of my home country, the same goes for Britain itself …
Her majesties government in London, lead by the luckless prime minister Theresa May (62), cannot seem to find a decent way out of the Brexit-Chaos. Her dilemma: If she revokes the Article 50 and stops the EU-Exit, she will face a rebellion within her party. Yet if she accepts a hard Brexit, the United Kingdom will lose its integrity and will be nothing but an insignificant player in the global economy – while the EU can seriously contend with the likes of China and India.
Will May be able to solve the problem?
The EU27 and Theresa May haven’t given up yet. In order to save Britain and the EU from an absolute mess, the head of the European council Donald Tusk has organised a special Brexit-Summit on Wednesday (12th April). Time is running out. If they cannot come up with a solution, the United Kingdom will crash out on Friday.
On Tuesday Theresa Mays desperation was clearly visible. She flew to Berlin on lunch time, begging Chancellor Angela Merkel – who left her standing in the cold Berlin air for a few minutes – for help. Mays tour continued on the same afternoon to Paris, where Monsieur Macron was to be persuaded. Himself being a staunch opponent to the British government’s request for a short extension.
The clocks are ticking, and now it looks like the EU27 will allow a very long extension. Are they tired of Britain not being able to find a decent majority for a Brexit deal? Possibly. Yet the extension will come with a heavy condition: The United Kingdom would have to take part in the European elections, end of May. A thought despised by the Brexiteers, who feel Britain would thereby be kept far too close to Brussels for too long.
Stop this mess!
In all of this, there is only one way out of this total chaos: Theresa May should take advantage of the EU allowing London to revoke Article 50 whenever it wants – without having to get the permission by the European Union. An Exit from the Brexit would be instantly possible!
This would not only solve my personal problem, but also save my motherland, as „New York Times“ writer Thomas L. Friedman described perfectly in his column: „What we’re seeing is a country that’s determined to commit economic suicide but can’t even agree on how to kill itself. It is an epic failure of political leadership.“
While Theresa May’s Brexit deal has tragically (for her) failed THREE times in parliament, yet the MPs also don’t seem to want a hard Brexit and can’t come up with a majority for an alternative, I have a simple advice: STOP. THIS. MESS! Revoke Article 50 – we already have the best deal possible and will not be able to thrive alone.
Yes, we have become the laughing stock of the world and we might seem even more stupid after cancelling this circus, yet that is definitely worth it in order to save our future and the lives of generations to come – including mine, as Europeans.
Let’s be honest guys: Great Britain and I actually don’t want to divorce and would love for everything to stay as it is …
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