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Professor Steve Peers , University of Essex* Introduction What happens to UK citizens in the EU27 after Brexit, if they have been living in an EU27 country for some time? If the proposed withdrawal agreement is ratified, they will retain most of their current rights under EU free movement law in the country they live in, although without the right to move freely between Member States any longer. (There will also be a transition period during which UK citizens could still enjoy free movement rights to the EU27, and vice versa). EU27 citizens in the UK will equally retain current rights (for a detailed annotation of an earlier version of the citizens’ rights provisions in the agreement, which do not differ much from the final version, see my blog post ). If the withdrawal agreement is not ratified, there is apparently no intention on the part of the Commission to propose an EU-wide law to protect UK citizens’ acquired rights (as I suggested here ). So, as the Commission ...

Of the 8,500 people who have taken a short test designed to assess knowledge of the Netherlands and Dutch society, only 38% passed, the NRC reports on Friday. The short test ( vrijstellingstoets ) is taken by people who have lived in the Netherlands for some time. If they pass, they do not have to take a formal integration course and exam. The short test hit the headlines on Friday after it emerged that a writer who has won an EU literature prize for a Dutch language novel  failed the test . ‘There were no questions about Van Gogh, the Nightwatch, windmills, the canals or Sint Maarten but questions such as ‘Mo lives on social security and wants to take his son to a crèche. Who has to pay?’, Rodaan Al Galidi told NRC.next. Children The NRC reported later on Friday that the 30 questions in the short test are particularly difficult for men, people without children and people who don't claim social security. 'There are questions about mortgage tax relief, gay marriage, menstruation...