Posted: Thu Jun 2, 2022 3:57pm
I don't see that anyone is looking to blame Spain, the petition is to ask Spain to consider extending the period that home owners can stay in the country. Maybe look on it as a silver visa! cheaper than the euro500k that you need for a gold visa. However whilst the sales market is so buoyant I doubt there will be any real incentive to change anything. Might be different when the market starts to slow down again, as it no doubt will when the cost of the Ukraine war starts to bite..
When I last looked there were less that 1500 signatures, so out of 68 million UK citizens it works our to .002% of the UK population, so not a big issue in the UK either.
Personally I would rather that there was more flexibility with the 180 in 360 days that non-residents are allowed in to stay in the EU, but it is what it is.
Aitch.