UK citizens should be given the option to retain EU citizenship.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

UK citizens, who came to majority between 1/1/73 and 29/3/19, should be given the option to retain their EU citizenship post-Brexit. The option to be exercised by 29/3/21.

Many UK citizens, without other EU ancestry, greatly value their EU identity and citizenship. Brexit is stripping this from them and ending a series of rights which they have held since they attained their majority. Whilst the UK may Brexit, these rights should not be extinguished by a decision which they may not have voted for. As we have seen with the Windrush citizenship debacle, citizenship is not a simple bureaucratic question. This issue must be properly addressed in Brexit negotiations.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The decision to allow UK citizens to retain EU Citizenship is the responsibility of the European Union, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could start a new petition asking the Government to negotiate with the EU the possibility of retaining EU citizenship for certain UK nationals, if that's what you want to happen. You may also wish to sign this petition instead:

Negotiate right for EU/UK citizens to hold a second EU passport after 2019

Timeline

20 Apr 2018	Petition opened for signatures
26 Apr 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Apr 2018

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