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Petition · past parliament

The government to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty before April 2017

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The EU is changing its voting and decision making rules in April 2017. This means if Article 50 is not triggered prior to that we will need an EU consensus to leave. It is therefore vital to have the Article invoked prior to that date.

Why it was rejected

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

We think that this petition is similar to the following petition:

Invoke Article 50 of The Lisbon Treaty immediately.

You may wish to consider supporting that petition.

Timeline

1 Oct 2016 Petition opened for signatures
4 Oct 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Oct 2016

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