If the nation doesn't vote with your choice on Thursday, what will you do on Friday?

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I will accept it.

Hollandes 75% 'millionaire' tax is infamous....and heading your way.
You refer to public healthcare. No such thing for migrants settling. State Health insurance yes, but only for those with a household income under £9k..... You cannot settle in France unless you are fully self supporting and won't require state/welfare support. You must have private health insurance. These things are legal requirements in France.
You cannot use state health insurance unless household income is below said limits which excludes you from settling their in the first place under their 'self sufficient' laws.
Referring to the poster who was taking her high earning, highly educated ass elsewhere.

I do agree, French healthcare must be one of the best in the world now.....will you let the UK follow suit in its 'business' model?

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Isn't that the sort of thing Unionists say when you ask for the six counties back?

I'm going to apply for Danish citizenship anyway, but the referendum is motivation for speeding up the process.

Hollandes 75% 'millionaire' tax is infamous....and heading your way.

No it's not, because it was scrapped in 2015. (it also only ever applied to the portion of individual income that was above 1 million euros/year, so... I wish!!!)

Yes the 75% tax was abolished in Jan 2015

To be honest I'm starting to wish I could move back (which I can't really, with a non-Francophone husband). Having children has really changed my perspective on the whole expat thing.

I find it incredibly sad that that a country with a proud history of tolerance and integration should make an immigrant feel that way. And yes, having kids changes things. For me to move back now would destroy DS's life chances. Fortunately the kids have the right to remain here (and we should be OK as a result, the French won't boot out the parents of trainee French citizens.)

But serious question if a UK resident gets a new Irish passport and uses it for travel and say falls ill or dies abroad does Ireland then not get the bill (obv not an issue just a query)

Passport is irrelevant, as for healthcare purposes it's residency that counts. A UK resident travelling in Europe uses their UK EHIC, regardless of their nationality. In the same way, if I (a british citizen resident in another EU country) wish to use the NHS while on holiday, I have to produce my French EHIC.

As for your other question, I think if you were to require repatriation - dead or alive - that would be a private matter paid for by your private travel insurance.

I shall stamp my feet and scream and scream and scream until I'm sick.

No I won't actually but I will be bitterly disappointed and sad for the country if Leave don't win.

Then I will wait to watch the EU collapse, which I think is almost certainly inevitable.

I will avoid all media. I can't bear the thought of Farage's smug face.

Thanks Misti, I did wonder.

Anyway as the saying goes here "the more the merrier" so if you do leave and have the right to an Irish Passport I say fire ahead and sure come on holidays here for a start, the economy might need be injection of cash

jeannie You can get a passport without first being a citizen??? For those of us who would be claiming through Irish grandparents, we'd need to register on the foreign births register which is used a proof of citizenship when applying for an Irish passport.

Sorry you can't get an Irish passport without first claiming citizenship.

I think the words being used here kinda represent different meanings. In my head when I read it those who say they are applying for "an Irish passport" are doing so for the travel benefits etc and when i read people saying they are "applying for citizenship" that they are potentially seeing Ireland as a destination move. The requirements for Irish citizenship are notoriously wider than most countries as we have the whole "welcome our children back with open arms thing" in history.

Anyway as I said I really meant it in a lighthearted way. The "surge" written about is still tiny" and again if I was in the same situation I would do the same. I will be watching with interest from Ireland as its rare that another countries ref will have such a huge impact on a our country.

Avoid social media and get on with my life

Anyway as the saying goes here "the more the merrier" so if you do leave and have the right to an Irish Passport I say fire ahead and sure come on holidays here for a start, the economy might need be injection of cash grin

We looked into an Irish passport for DH who has Irish family - sadly he doesn't meet the criteria. But I would move to Ireland like a shot if we ever got booted out of France, assuming that it continues to welcome British citizens. DD's favourite place in the world is in Ireland.

Why are all we being blamed for how an immigrant feels?
I refuse to take the blame for that.

We are generally extremely tolerant and welcoming. I have travelled alot, stayed for some time in Russia, Egypt, etc. I stayed and worked because I liked it there. I liked the differences between those places and the UK. I liked their idiosyncrasies and quirks that made them who they are. I never complained about what characteristics they had that made them who they were. If I didn't like it, I could leave. "When in Rome....do as the"
The UK is Great. By far from perfect. But good. I choose to live here. If you don't like it...... you know where the door is. No one is making you stay. You are welcome to stay if you play by the rules. Enjoy it. If not, there are plenty of other countries in this world, if this one doesn't take your fancy.

I will feel quite disappointed if it's a vote to leave. Feels as though it would be a vote for an inward looking, jingoistic UK that I don't support.

In practical terms, I will finally sort out the children's French passports/dual nationality and we'll get working on when it's best to go, depending on if it really does looks as though it's going to become a reality.

If there is a Brexit, I'd really hope that the hugely excessive numbers of jobs in the south of England would be spread out more fairly in other countries (which might include Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales at some point). That would mean that the population could spread out a bit and we'd all be a bit happier, I hope.

If there isn't a Brexit then I will be happy that we all decided to pull together with Europe and be decent chaps about it all.

Either way, I hope there will be positives to celebrate.

The EU is a ponzi scheme. It will collapse but the question is, how far will it drag us all down until it does, then what a mess we will have to extricate ourselves from.
I will be deeply upset. Democracy is all. But I will then hope it collapses soon so the country can recover before DC are grown up.

Feels as though it would be a vote for an inward looking, jingoistic UK that I don't support strange when most leave stress they want to look beyond eu and to the rest of the world?

Well Friday is Midsummer Eve so I'll be getting drunk no matter what the result is but if goes the other way from what I voted then I'll be disappointed and wait to see the shit hit the fan, and feel grateful that I no longer live in the UK.

Mistigri to be fair I've never been made to feel personally unwelcome. And I'm under no illusions about France's own political problems and attitude to immigrants.

It's just the whole political climate that's making me feel very foreign. I didn't really use to think about it, I felt at home as an EU citizen. But not so much anymore, the arguments around the EU and immigration are constantly reminding me that this is not actually my home and I'm just a guest here. Probably can't be helped in an EU referendum campaign.

On children, it's a mix of things really - things you don't think about in your early 20s, like the importance of having family around, or the importance of family-friendly policies. Education is a big one too. On the bright side I guess if Brexit happens their EU passports will actually be useful for something...

I would not want to live in a country if over half have voted out mainly due to migrants Bit of an sweeping generalisation and assumption on the reasons that people are voting for Brexit isn't it?

Chalala and Mistigri The cheese argument doesn't work any more. The UK cheeses are excellent too, and we produce Montgomery Cheddar, which I buy in large quantities and bring back to Belgium; as otherwise I have to schlep in to Jack O'Shea's in Brussels to buy it; and the price they charge makes the cost of the ferry and petrol to get home to buy cheddar seem reasonable!

Ill be frightened ill be separated from my family who live across europe. Also very worried that some of them may have to return to UK even though they dont have the finances to do that and have been living away for 10 years and are invested in their local community. I sort of want to go over there to help them so they can stay there. Im not sure if id be allowed to work? Id be sad to leave UK but i dont want my parents to have to return as my mum has a terminal illness which the climate of where they live now, has vastly improved the symptoms of.