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Petition · past parliament

Ensure UK citizens offered choice between EU versus UK passport in exit talks.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Leaving the EU removes individuals' EU citizenship. Only 37.5% of the electorate voted to leave. This does not give a mandate to remove citizenship from those who voted remain or did not vote. Consequently people should be able to individually decide which they retain, EU or UK citizenship.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Negotiate the possiblity of British citizens opting to keep their EU citizenship

Timeline

25 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
4 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.