Reuters similarly found no evidence of an “EU Citizenship Program” when searching online and via EU websites (archive.is/wip/6aeK2). Each Member State determines the criteria necessary for acquisition and loss of nationality, subject to EU law, the spokesperson said, and EU citizenship is granted automatically to citizens of EU countries (archive.is/MAsN2). “Third countries cannot grant EU citizenship, neither can private entities, such as companies,” the spokesperson said. Spokespeople for the EU Commission and the UK Home Office told Reuters that the advert is fake. There is also no centralized EU citizenship program, as claimed in the advert.

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