Petition · past parliament

Apply to join the European Union Single Market

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Rejoin the EU single market. This would fulfil the promise of being outside the European Union while promoting trade and cooperation across nations.
While there was a referendum on the question of EU trade block membership in 2016, many things have changed since then. Critically, recent figures show that many voters have changed their minds https://www.statista.com/statistics/987347/brexit-opinion-poll/. Re-joining the single market would ultimately allow the UK to mitigate the cost of living crisis and foster future cooperation.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Negotiate re-entry to the Single Market

Timeline

2 Jun 2022 Petition opened for signatures
7 Jun 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Jun 2022

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