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The British Prime Minister’s father, Boris Johnson, has said that he will apply for a French passport to maintain relations with the European Union.
Johnson’s father, Stanley Johnson, told RTL Radio that he wanted to become a French citizen due to his family ties to France.
He voted in a 2016 British referendum, according to Reuters.
Stanley Johnson, 60, said in French: “If I understand correctly, I am French. My mother was born in France. My mother-in-law was as French as her grandfather. So what I have, I want to restore. And I’ll be happy with that. ‘ .
Sure, I’ve always wanted to be European. No one can tell the British people: you are not European. It is important to have relations with the European Union ”, he added.
His son, Boris Johnson, publicly campaigned in the 2016 referendum for Britain to “prosper” as a sovereign state in its own right outside the bureaucratic European Union.
But on Wednesday, the prime minister softened his tone when parliament approved a new trade deal with the EU. “This is not the end of Britain as a European country. We will continue like this,” he said.
The UK officially left the EU on Thursday night after 46 years.
