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Petition · past parliament

Retain optional EU passport and citizenship for UK citizens after Brexit

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Guy Verhofstadt Of the European Parliament has said that British citizens should be able to choose to keep various benefits of EU membership, including freedom of movement.

The UK government should be called upon to negotiate these important rights for UK citizens

Why it was rejected

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

https://moderate.petition.parliament.uk/admin/petitions/189787

Timeline

10 Mar 2017 Petition opened for signatures
20 Mar 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Mar 2017

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