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Originally Posted by Bircho
So how many Brits lived in Spain prior to 1973?
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That figure is proving rather hard to get at, however so far I have established that the Spanish population in the UK was 58,000 in 1973, and the UK population figure, while not specified, was clearly significant enough (and likely near enough parity), that the two governments bilaterally agreed to grant each other's citizens access to their domestic health services.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...201973&f=false
Also according to that link, a bilateral agreement preventing double taxation of Spaniards in the UK and Brits in Spain, was also signed in 1973,which does begin to pour cold water on your earlier suggestion that exiting the EU automatically means Brits visiting other European countries will lose advantageous tax agreements.