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Petition · past parliament

Activate articl 50 to leave the EU as soon as possible

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

To leave the EU after the britex vote we need to activate artical 50 the people of England need to get the government to activate it so we can leave the EU as soon as possible instead of waiting for a new pm and the government trying to ignore the people who has voted to leave

Why it was rejected

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

Invoke Article 50 of The Lisbon Treaty immediately.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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