Hew wrote on Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:37pm:
I’m pretty sure most of us already knew that there were many exploiting the 90/180 rule for many years, it has always been the rule and did not just come into effect due to Brexit. Now it’s being enforced so they have a problem, additionally they had plenty of notice prior to Brexit to do som...
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...ething about it. So basically they were not holiday home owners, they were illegals living in Spain!.
Personally, I am just a holiday home owner, and quite honestly the 90/180 is OK for me, but there are many Holiday home owners from the UK who would prefer to spend 180/360 in Spain. The UK tourist rules allow EU citizens to spend 180 consecutive days in the UK out of 360. I think the UK government intended for the likes of these differences to be resolved via bilateral agreements, but the rush to get Brexit done left a lot of Brexit undone. But it’s still possible, depends how petty the EU wants to be. It’s not unreasonable to ask for equality, a Spanish citizen can enter the UK and stay for 180 days. Why should it not be reciprocal. Tell me quite honestly, why Not?
Maybe you should ask the UK government why that is the case as they are the ones who turned down the EU s offer of 180/360 during the negotiations, so I read. So your question should be why are the UK being so petty ?