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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jedidajah Otte and Clea Skopeliti

‘I feel smug going in the short queue’: UK readers on getting EU passports

People queue to check in for the Eurostar rail service at St Pancras International Station in London.
People queue to check in for the Eurostar rail service at St Pancras station in London. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

As the realities of the end of free movement are felt acutely by millions of British holidaymakers this summer, people in the UK and the EU have discussed their reasons for applying for a European passport after the Brexit vote.

The Guardian received more than 800 submissions and almost half of respondents had gained Irish citizenship, reflecting the surge in the number of Irish passports issued in Great Britain in recent years.

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