The Brexit Withdrawal Agreement signed between the UK and the EU left out mutual recognition of professional qualifications. This has now left British ski and snowboard instructors unable to teach on the continent. UK professionals hoping to work in France, Italy and Austria for the ski season are now being rejected by EU member states.
Express.co.uk readers have responded in anger to the claims and one reader called Tic Toc said: “The French are cutting of their nose to spite there face.
“This stupid policy lowers the choice of suitable instructor candidates.
“I would tell them to stick their exams.
“I would tell them to get a job at one of the other 40 odd European states with ski resorts, outside of France.”
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Snowsports training manager at Interski Andy McIntosh said his work permit applications was turned down by Italy.
This was after 40 years of experience working in the Alps.
He said: “My job requires me to be in the UK for seven months and in Italy for five months, where I deliver instructor training.
“I am now in a position where I can’t work in Italy; this is very frustrating and also very sad for me personally, and for the wider profession.”
He added: “We were the largest British ski school in the Alps, employing up to 400 British ski instructors a season and covering 1,200 instructor teaching weeks.
“We have lots of clients and lots of British ski instructors who want to work but, because of Brexit, it is now impossible to employ the British instructors that our clients would like.
“The current situation does not benefit anyone.”
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