Rejected petition European Advice on Scottish Independence

More details

The European Commission has stated that it is prepared to provide a formal opinion on an independent Scotland's status within the EU, if the UK Government submits a request for this opinion.

As a devolved administration the Scottish Executive has no legal right to seek such an opinion and as such it falls upon the current Westminster Government to seek this for clarification on the debate.

The referendum is the single biggest constitutional change in the UK, something which the future of the union stands upon. The significance of this issue means that both governments must do all in their power to seek facts and further clarify the debate for the voters.

it would be highly irresponsible not to seek this advice and this petition calls upon the Prime Minister to submit a formal request to the Commission for their formal opinion.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 16 January 2014
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.