This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Revoke the UK’s Article 50 notice to leave the EU on 29/03/19.
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The terms of the UK's departure from the EU have not been fully negotiated.
There's the risk of severe delays at seaports; no technical solution available to manage a customs border, or control the movement of people across the Irish border that doesn't offend the terms of the Belfast Agreement.
The Government states that it has received a firm mandate from the UK electorate to take steps to leave the EU. However, that mandate does not bind it to a ‘divorce’ on 29 March of this year.
The ECJ has confirmed that the Article 50 notice can be revoked by the UK Government, without a parliamentary vote. (Case C/621/18 Wightman & ors v SoS for Exiting the EU)
Art. 50 could be triggered again in the future, once current obstacles have been overcome.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/226509
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