Family Brexit for Boris Johnson: his father applied for French nationality

Stanley johnson, the father of the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, declared a few hours after the entry into force of Brexit this Thursday, December 31, that “launched the procedures to obtain French nationality”, claiming that it was the nationality of his mother and maternal grandparents, and that “It will always be European.”

“It is not about becoming French. If I understand correctly, I am French because my mother was French”, Stanley Johnson, the former MEP, explained to French radio RTL speak in French.

“My mother was born in France, her mother was completely French and her grandfather too”, Boris Johnson’s father argued, words that were almost on the verge of Brexit that were starting to reign and bounced off major news agencies around the world.

Thus, Stanley Johnson argued, “for me it is about claiming what I already have” for which “I am happy”.

The father of the British “Prime Minister” underlined: “I will always be European, for sure”. “You cannot tell the British ‘you are not European'”, pointed out, with reference to the country’s exit from the EU.

London is preparing for its new life outside the European Union

“Europe is much more than the common market, it is much more than the European Union”, argued, defending that “It is important to have a relationship with the EU.”

The British Prime Minister was one of the big drivers of Brexit during the 2016 referendum campaign, although his father is in favor of permanence, although after the outcome of the consultation in favor of leaving the EU, he changed his position.

His brother Jo, who also defended the tenure, stepped down from his post in the UK executive and his deputy seat in September 2019., “divided between family loyalty and the national interest”, While her sister Rachel, a TV presenter, also left the Conservative Party after the referendum in support of the Brexit formation.