Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Brexit "Associate citizenship"individually opt-in to remain EU citizens

On 23rd June 2016 the UK voted to leave the EU by 52% leave to 48% remain. Since the referendum some EU officials are proposing an opt-in fee payed option for UK citizens to retain their EU citizenship. Please support this petition to encourage the government to grant this option to UK citizens.

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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