Issue No. 1929
23 - 29 June 2022
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
ON Thursday, June 16 the Euro Weekly News announced the launch of its My Blue Badge = My Freedom campaign to try to help improve the lives of disabled UK nationals living in and visiting Spain. Our petition calling on the Spanish and UK gov‐ ernments to work togeth‐ er to reach an agreement over the use of Blue Badges in Spain has since collected hundreds of sig‐ natures and we are call‐ ing on all our readers to continue to help out by signing. This campaign started after hearing from read‐ ers who had found that they had been left unable to easily access shops, doctor’s appointments and other vital services after many found their badges had stopped be‐ ing accepted last year. While it has always been a requirement for those with Spanish resi‐ dency to apply for a Spanish disabled badge, the Euro Weekly News knows that many may have left this late follow‐ ing Brexit, often because many found the applica‐
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HAVE YOU SIGNED?
BLUE BADGES: British nationals are no longer easily able to park freely and accessibly.
tion process daunting and had hoped for the re‐ ciprocal agreement be‐ tween the UK and Spain to stay in place. We believe that there is a compassionate solu‐ tion to this, and that the two governments should work together to allow a grace period where British residents in Spain can use their badges while applying for a Span‐
ish one. These people are not the only ones affected however, with disabled British nationals on holi‐
day in Spain now no longer easily able to park freely and accessibly.
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