Following the recent EU referendum, I realised something.

As I was born after 1993, I was born with EU citizenship. Considering that status is now under risk, I thought I would delve further into the issue. As UKIP members campaigned the most passionately to leave the European Union, I thought an email to my UKIP MEP, Nathan Gill, would result in an interesting reply. Still none as yet though, but here’s what I had to say.

“Dear Mr Gill,

Before starting, I want to say that whilst I have the upmost respect for your beliefs as one of my elected MEPs, I’d like to confess that I voted to remain. My take on the argument is that both official campaigns were rife with scaremongering, and that there were pros and cons to both scenarios; however I foresee that we will possibly continue being a member of the EEA, which would mean that freedom of movement and and EU regulations may well stay in place, considering that I thought that it would have been best for us to have a seat on the table and frankly I just didn’t think it was worth the hassle.

That being said, the referendum took place, leave won, I respect that. We now find ourselves in a situation where new questions are starting to surface to the light, I include myself in this situation. Considering you’re one of my representatives on the EU stage, and a member of the party whose original raison d’être was to campaign for the UK to leave the EU, I feel you may have some knowledge regarding my query.

I find myself asking serious questions regarding my citizenship. As I’m sure you’re aware, EU citizenship came into force in 1993, and as I was born in 1996, I was born both as a British national and as a citizen of the European Union. I have known nothing else.

Correct me if I’m wrong by all means, but I am sure that the only way you can lose your British nationality is if you apply to renounce it; or if you were originally not born in the UK, hold a duel nationality, and your presence has flashed up as risky to the government. Does this apply to EU citizenship too? Considering I was born an EU citizen, I can’t understand how it would be legal for a citizenship I was born with to be stripped from me against my personal will. Considering I was planning on living in France for a few years to achieve fluency in French, which requires either a visa or EU citizenship to stay there rather than just the right to “be” there that freedom of movement alone would give me (I cite Switzerland as an example of this), this is something that I’m very worried about.

Is there a definite answer to my question regarding whether or not there will be a way to retain my EU citizenship? Or is this another aspect that won’t become clear until Article 50 has been invoked and official discussions between the various EU bodies and the UK Government commence? I’m not the only person that is concerned about this, a few people I know also have plans on spending a few years in the continent, we’re all concerned.”

If anyone has any extra thoughts to add to this, free free to suggest them!