To maintain close ties with the European Union

The father of the British Prime Minister applies for French citizenship

Stanley, father of Boris Johnson.

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Stanley Johnson, the father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has said he will apply for French citizenship, to maintain close ties with the European Union.

It is noteworthy that Boris Johnson supports Brexit.

Speaking to the French radio station "RTL", Stanley said that his grandmother was French, and his mother was French, and therefore he believed that he was "really French" and was demanding what is his right.

"It is not a question of becoming French," he said in the interview.

If I get it right, I am French, and my mother was born in France, and her mother is completely French, and he found her too, then it is a matter of claiming what I already own.

As a result, I am very happy. ”

"Of course I will always be a European," he added.

You cannot say to the English: you are not European!

Having a link with the European Union is important ».

Stanley (80 years) was a member of the European Parliament, and voted in favor of "staying" in the 2016 referendum in which Britain voted by a small margin in favor of leaving the European Union.

However, in an interview with The Times last December, Stanley said he had changed his mind and supported leaving the bloc.

The prime minister's family has been divided over Brexit over the past few years.

His sister Rachel supported the now dissolved "Let's Change the United Kingdom" (Cheng Yu-ki) party, which is in favor of remaining in the European Union, while his brother, Representative Joe Johnson, resigned from the Cabinet due to Brexit tensions last September.

Stanley Johnson was a member of the European Parliament.

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