28 Jul 2024 12:13 AM:
Hello Windtaker,
I should say that I'm probably out of date on the Golden visa but I thought it only applied to purchases in excess of €500,000 - which, if so would surely rule out 90 odd% or so of the purchases made? Also surely the other nationals are largely only catching up with the number of Brits already here.
So I'm not convinced - but I do know not to believe in what you read in the newspapers. It's like a game they play, particularly in the taboids - one starts a rumour, then another repeats it and before too long it's headline news - manufactured by them as presumably it's thought likely to sell newspapers. Their ethical standards are on a par with politicians - so personally I never believe a word of whatever they say.
On this subject I really struggle to see the reason why the Spanish/Portugese would want us to leave. We pay them a lot of money and invariably most restaurants we visit are full of Brits - more of us than any other nationality in the tourist areas. W/o us many would go bust and we tip generously too - many times more than the locals!. It's true that a few Brits are an embarressment, they cannot take their pop and misbehave - but in my many years here I've never seen that at all in mainland Spain. So I'm a bit sceptical.
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The British have been warned to cancel Spanish and Portuguese holidays.
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