This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Ukraine to join the European Union
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To join other European countries in allowing Ukraine to join the European Union.
Ukraine is a democratic country that overwhelming and unanimously wants to apart of Europe and make it easier to share their culture and heritage with the rest of Europe. Since 1993, Ukraine's aspiration is to join the EU and has made significant strides in aligning their polices and laws to make it so!
“They share our values, they defend our principles. They want to have a peaceful democracy"
Ursula Von Der Leyen
President of the European Commission.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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Decisions about admitting new members to the EU are a matter for EU, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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