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The deal is done, the challenge begins now. The negotiation party on post-Brexit relations between Great Britain and the EU closed on the eleventh hour of Christmas Eve, and pending the obvious ratification processes of parliaments, which Westminster will start on December 30, the new era is ushering in all in the coup of January 1. With many things destined to change for both sides of the English Channel after half a century of marriage (of interest, if not of love) between island and continent: including thousands of Italians who look or have looked at the Kingdom as a tourist destination, work , study and adventure. The most immediate and widely announced turning point will refer, in a more severe and restrictive sense, to travel regulations: one of the determining factors that led to the choice of Brexit in the 2016 referendum. Thus, from the new year , the freedom of movement understood until today ceases to exist. You will need a passport (without a visa) to travel to the UK and stay there for up to three months. For a longer period, if you intend to stay for work or study, you will need visas similar to those currently required for non-EU foreigners. But it doesn’t stop there. To limit entries, including from the EU, priority lists are introduced linked to the possession of an already guaranteed employment contract, with an annual gross minimum wage of 25,600 pounds. All within a filtering system of overseas points in which the level of their specializations and the command of the English language will be assessed. As for those already residing on the island (some 4 million Europeans, including more than 700,000 Italians), the maintenance of pre-Brexit rights remains subject to registration, no later than June 2021, in the registry of the called ‘EU Settlement Scheme’. ‘, established in digital format at the Home Office to protect treatment equivalent to that of British citizens. But for newcomers, young people above all, music will have another score. And the changes are meant to involve those who dream of Oxford and Cambridge or one of the many other British universities where the Italian presence is a consolidated constant. Those who enroll as of 2021 will pay a full fee, like non-EU citizens, which, depending on the universities, can reach the equivalent of more than 30,000 euros per academic year. In addition, Great Britain abandons the Erasmus exchange program between European students, considered too onerous by the conservative government of Boris Johnson and used so far more by continental children for study periods on the island than by young British people attracted by the universities of EU countries. A program that London has announced that it wants to replace with a new global exchange scheme, extended to American or Asian universities, and named after the English mathematician Alan Turing (who revealed the secrets of the German Enigma ciphers during World War II ): program for which the Minister of Education, Gavin Williamson, today promised an initial allocation of 100 million pounds, capable of covering the costs of global study stays for 35,000 students on the island starting next year, against about 15,000 for the last Erasmus.
The European Commission presented its proposal for a Brexit Adjustment Reserve, agreed by the European Council in July, to address the negative economic and social consequences in the most affected Member States and sectors at the end of the transition period on December 31, 2020. total budget of 5 billion euros and will support businesses and employment in the affected sectors. It will help regions and local communities, including those dependent on fishing activities in UK waters. It will also be able to help public administrations in the proper functioning of border, customs, sanitary and phytosanitary controls and guarantee essential services to citizens and companies. “The end of the transition period, on 31 December 2020, will have a significant economic and social impact on the regions and local communities most closely linked to the UK economy and trade. By proposing the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, the Commission restores solidarity and cohesion as key elements of its response, ensuring that those most affected receive the support they need, ”said Cohesion and Reform Commissioner Elisa Ferreira.“ We have designed this reserve to provide quick and easy help, focusing on in the EU member states most affected by Brexit. I now count on the Council and the European Parliament to turn our proposal into concrete financial support without delay. “Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn.
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