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Allow Scotland to remain in both the UK & EU using a "Reverse Greenland" policy

Submitted on Wednesday 29th June 2016

Rejected on Thursday 7th July 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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Allow Scotland to remain in both the UK & EU using a "Reverse Greenland" policy

Petition Details

Scotland should be able to remain both part of the European Union and the United Kingdom, even in the event of a UK departure from the EU, due to the precedent set by Greenland.

Additional Information

Greenland is a part of Denmark, but left the EU in 1985 after a referendum where 53% of its population voted to leave following disagreements over fishing rights.

However, despite this departure, Greenland remained part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

If Greenland can leave the EU, but still be part of Denmark, Scotland should be able to stay in the EU while other parts of the United Kingdom leave.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The outcome of any negotiations with the EU would not solely be the responsibility of the UK Government. You may wish to start another petition proposing that the UK Government negotiates on the basis of trying to secure the settlement described in your petition.

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