France has around 760 municipal councilors of British nationality. Some have lived in France for many years, most in Dordogne, a privileged resort for these expatriates. But because of Brexit, these elected officials will not be able to run for municipal elections on March 15 and 22.

This is the case of Maggie Gorman, municipal councilor for nineteen years in the small town of Sainte-Alvère in Dordogne, in the southwest of France. Like dozens of other British elected officials in France, she will have to step down. "It is not to boast but I got more votes than any of my fellow students, she says. It was a testament to the faith and confidence that people put in me. C 'is why I find it terrible today ".

To be able to represent themselves, some are trying to acquire French nationality. This process is sometimes complicated, as for Mark Lawrence, municipal councilor in the commune of Plazac in the Dordogne. This British resident of France for twenty-seven years has been denied French nationality due to his financial situation. "I was devastated, I felt injured," he says. But he intends to continue his fight to be regularized and to be able to continue his elected role.

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