I really want to have my say in the Presidential elections in 2017. We had thought of applying for Citizenship two years ago but more stringent measures meant we would not be eligible. Since then things have changed.
Manuel Valls has towards the end of last year introduced new measures to make citizenship more accessible, so once the elections are out of the way we are going to go for it again. We will still want to retain our British nationality but as we will not have rights to vote in the UK by then, we want to have a say where we live. We will have lived here full time for more than 15 years in 2017
After the elections you can follow our progress, should be interesting!
Below is from a News 24 report at the end of last year
The French government is easing language skills requirements and streamlining the administration in charge of granting French citizenship to reverse a fall in the number of naturalisations since 2010.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls has introduced new measures to make French citizenship more accessible after the government of former PresidentNicolas Sarkozy tightened naturalisation laws.At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, he presented a decree reorganising the administration in charge of granting French citizenship.“Regional platforms” will start processing the applications in eastern France next week on behalf of local offices in an attempt to curb what the government described as the “strong heterogeneity in the practices observed at the 186 processing sites nationwide and in the way applications were processed (duration, clearance rate).”Some offices were found to reject 10% more applicants than the national average. Comments to taglines82@gmail.com
