Important:
This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition UK citizens, to retain EU citizenship, without the UK being a Member State.
The Referendum deprives 16m UK citizens of the EU citizenship they voted to retain. Whilst EU has no mechanism for citizenship except through a Member State, creating this in these unique circumstances will demonstrate concern for its individual citizens and prevent the tyranny of a small majority.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133603
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