To ask - if you suddenly found you could apply for an EU passport, would you apply and would you move?

[Peasbewithyou]

I am British but have found out that I am likely eligible for an EU (Italian) passport (due to Italian ancestry) and therefore my children will also be eligible.

Before BREXIT I hadn’t really thought about it but last night I was idly wondering whether I should actually apply for it and if we could move. I quite like the idea of a big adventure. I didn’t grow up in the UK and also loved abroad as a young adult. I loved living abroad as a kid. I learnt a new language (sadly not Italian) and I think got a bit of a different perspective on the world.

But of course as an adult with a mortgage and kids and a career it’s all a bit of a different kettle of fish! I suspect it will probably be much too difficult to contemplate!

So, I’m curious to hear what others would do!

YABU - no I would stay put
YANBU - Bye! I’m off as soon as the passport hits the doormat.

@oohmamama

Why do potter keep saying 'there's no such thing as a European passport'. Surely they recognise that people mean a passport from a country that is a member state of the EU?

Because it's not an accurate or appropriate statement. Not all European countries are in the EU so depending on which country you are talking about the impact will be different. Also as Britain has proven you can leave the EU, so just because you have an Italian passport now doesn't mean you will always have access to 'europe' as a whole. Europe and the EU are two very distinct entities. It's like saying "oh I'm moving to Africa!" It means absolutely nothing. If people want to be generic they need to say an EU recognised passport. Otherwise if they move to, or get a Moldovan passport they will get a nasty shock.

@Pugliandreamer

I think, within the context of this thread, given its title and content matter, that it can be reasonably assumed that a 'European passport' means a 'passport of a country currently within the EU'.