Rejected petition The UK should rejoin the european union (EU)

The UK should submit a formal application to rejoin the European Union (EU) under Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), meaning we would try to reapply as a new candidate.

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it would considerably improve the UK and EU as a whole. Various reports states that the UK will be £311bn worse off by 2035 due to leaving the EU. This will greatly impact the UK residents. 2024 study by Alabrese et al finds that the vast majority of UK regions experienced significant output losses as a result of Brexit, estimated at 5-10 percentage points of GDP relative to synthetic counterfactuals. & hopes for increased trade with nonEU nations via new deals havent fully materialized e.g USA

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You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/749128

Commit to a referendum in May 2028 asking the next government to rejoin the EU
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/747385

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Date submitted 6 January 2026
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