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Petition · past parliament

Do not invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the EU referendum we do not have to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and leave the EU. That is a Parlimentary decision that should involve considerable debate. We are not bound at this stage to follow the result to leave
The key reasons for supporting this petition:

1) to leave is not in the nations interest
2) the arguments to leave have not held up to post Brexit scrutiny
3) we are in a position of weakness to negotiate with other EU states once Article 50 is invoked

Why it was rejected

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

Ask the Government not to invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty.

Timeline

27 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
1 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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