The Canary Islands have applied for an exception to the period of the European Union for stays of non-EU citizens, which is currently set for a maximum of 90 days within 180 days.
The regional president calls on the EU to make a special exception that would enable British citizens to stay longer for long -term work or to enjoy their holiday homes on the archipelago.
"We want to ask Brussels to make an exception to the Canary Islands so that non-EU workers like the British can stay longer," Angel Victor Torres said of the newspaper i.
A spokesman for the Canary Islands said that the plan still had to be worked out in detail.
Almost no bureaucratic hurdles
Mr. Torres hopes that the EU will change the rules because the seven islands of the Canaries are classified as the Union's edge zone and are entitled to additional economic development aid. He said he discussed the idea with the Spanish and the British government.
The move takes place shortly after the Spanish government has announced a separate program for "digital nomads", as part of its citizens from every country who move to Spain for the purpose of long -term work, a one -year visa and the opportunity to apply for a permanent stay afterwards.
As part of the national program, which is to be introduced in the new year, employees of foreign companies who are based in Spain would offer enormous tax benefits compared to the British sentences.
But the Canary Islands want British to remain without a special visa and almost without bureaucratic hurdles.
The Canarian regional government said that between January and November this year more than 44,800 "digital nomads" had moved to the islands, with Germans 27 percent of the total number of, followed by British with 12 percent.
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