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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220226-001217-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/claiming-we-are-out-but-i-am-in-post-brexit/ Claiming “We are out but I am in” post-Brexit - AG Collins’ Opinion in the Préfet du Gers Case van den Brink, Martijn Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich eng 2022-02-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 brexit ECJ union citizenship Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 It is not often that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is presented with a case in which the law is so crystal clear, and so overwhelmingly contrary to the applicant’s claims, as in Préfet du Gers. The central question of the case is weather British nationals retain their EU citizenship and EU citizenship rights after Brexit. Given how straightforward the Treaties and the case-law are on this matter, it is unsurprising that AG Collins answered this question in the negative in a well-argued and straightforward Opinion.