Has the British expat community in the Balearics bottomed out?
Just over 17,000 British residents in the Balearics
Brexit has complicated living and working in the Balearics for Britons. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma24/09/2022 09:40
A third of the British expatiate population in Europe live in Spain as expats.
And thanks to Brexit, gone are the days when Britons could freely move, live, work, study, or retire in any EU country of choice.
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There was plenty of time to change the driving licence but some was too lazy to get their act together and now moan instead.
There are no Brexit 'complications'. The UK is not in the EU so has to abide by the same rules as all other non EU countries (except those that have signed up to the EEA)
17000 Brits in the balearics? They must all be in Calvia, because it's so rare to hear a British voice anywhere else. And get real: British driving licences are perfectly valid in Spain. Except of course, if you're a permanent resident, in that case you need a Spanish driving licence, just like anywhere else on the planet. Being British doesn't make you exempt, nor should it.