It was interesting to hear the views of British citizens about the British pull-out from the European Union at an event organised by the British Consulate and Calvia town hall on Tuesday afternoon. Obviously there is much concern but at the end of the day British citizens have been in this situation before. I moved to Majorca shortly after the last referendum in Britain on Europe. In those days it was called the Common Market and Britain's membership was only narrowly approved.
As we know the Common Market has little to do with what we have today and back in 1975 you needed a work permit for employment in Spain, while you must remember that the British community on the island was far larger. I attended two of the international schools on the island and at least 60 per cent of my class were British. These days the percentage is probably about 15 per cent. The majority of tourists who came on holiday to the island back then were British and the British tour firms all had British staff who needed work permits etc. And there were no problems.
So really perhaps it is a case of keep calm and continue. Brexit will cause some problems for us, but I do not believe that British citizens should be having sleepless nights or plan radical action such as returning to the United Kingdom or taking action Spanish nationality. Majorca is our home and I can´t see any reason why we shouldn't continue to enjoy it.