A foreigner in a European land

I see that the European Union is opposed to the word foreigner when describing citizens from other European Union states who elect to reside in another EU country. I am not a foreigner in Majorca, I am a non-Spanish European, according to the boffins in Brussels. If this is the case then, the Spanish government is going to have to rename all the departments which deal with non-Spanish Europeans. In some ways the European Union, (and by the way many happy returns) has a point. The word foreigner doesn't sound too nice even though some Majorcans, like all island races, call mainlanders foreigners! So where does that leave us; well the words non-Spanish European Union citizens is rather a mouthfull and also I suspect that many British residents don't particularly like being called Europeans (because afterall, we are an island race as well). I suspect that more British residents would prefer foreigner than European! I think you have to be slightly practical and I don't have a problem with the word foreigner. When we have the same rights as Spanish citizens then perhaps foreigners can be replaced by Europeans. However, until then let us stay how we are; the phrase - if it isn't broken - springs to mind. Until I can vote in Spanish general elections and even polls to decide who will govern these islands I will consider myself a foreigner.