To marry a new European?

[ahatlikeprincessmarina]

DP is applying for an Irish passport based on a grandparent being born there. We're not married but have been together for donkeys years. Would it protect my status as European if we tied the knot once he's Irish , does anyone know?? Are we as well doing it as not?

TerryPratchett that's kinda what I'm holding out for too. ..

What will all you lot, who are applying for Irish passports, do if Ireland leaves the EU sometime in the future ( which is likely)? Also, what if the EU collapses sometime in the future ( I bloody well hope so anyway)?

Also, it's about time people knew the difference between Europe and the EU. One's a landmass, the other is a politically corrupt organisation which seeks to control its member states ( not individual countries any longer) in all walks of life- something none of them signed up to originally!

From Wiki: "Pax Europaea (English: the European peace – after the historical Pax Romana), is the period of relative peace experienced by Europe in the period following World War II—often associated above all with the creation of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors.

The European Union was awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its efforts to maintain and actively foster peace within its borders as well as internationally through diplomatic means.

Even though a number of armed conflicts occurred on the European peninsula after World War II, none of them have been between members of the European Union. Most of these conflicts have taken place in the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union."

Control away EU.

I wonder how many people getting passports for Ireland and other EU countries through grandparents voted in favour of Brexit?

I know of at least one, and it has cause a few interesting family discussions.

quizqueen

Given Ireland is the most pro-EU country I think your projection is off. Even if, as is likely in a hard brexit, that the economy suffers. The attitude I have found here is that this is very much another thing the English as doing to put down the Irish and damage the country yet again. After centuries of this, with only a relatively recent cessation, I am not sure that Ireland will come running to Englands Brexit Bosom.

The EU is no more politically corrupt than the UK.

I'm not argueing for or against the EU as I dislike getting into disagreements about it but MrsTerryPratchett the period of peace on mainland Europe after the Second World War had more to do with fear of a Soviet army based in Germany taking advantage of it and invading then the EU. Most members of the EU and members of NATO which was created a lot sooner after the war then the EU was so obviously countries aren't going to war against their allies.

Last I heard the depth charges have been set to set to be ignited post Brexit to set us adrift from the European Continental Shelf - best run while you can