This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition UK armed forces must not be subsumed into an EU superstate defence coalition
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In light of the UK's forthcoming independence from the EU in 2019, it is essential that UK armed forces continue to be accountable only to the Crown. UK armed forces must not be subsumed into the EU Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) under the control of the European Commission
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/204780
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