Petition · past parliament

Negotiate an option for British citizens to remain European citizens post BREXIT

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

British citizens are currently EU citizens and many of us value that part of our identity. It should not be taken from us against our will.
British citizens are currently EU citizens and millions of us voted to remain in the EU in the recent referendum. Some of us have the right to take up a dual nationality with an EU country but most of us do not have that option. It is unreasonable that millions of us who value our Europen citizenship alongside our UK citizenship should have that part of our identity taken from us against our will. We therefore petition Parliament to require the Government to make this a high priority when negotiating the terms of the UK's exit from the EU.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Jul 2016

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