Submitted on Wednesday 20th February 2019
Rejected on Friday 1st March 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Allow those born after 1973 to retain their EU citizenship
People born in the UK after it joined the EEC in 1973 are not only born with automatic British citizenship but also with EU citizenship and should be allowed to keep that citizenship regardless of whether the UK leaves the bloc or not.
A briefing paper from the House of Commons Library titled 'Brexit & EU Citizenship' questions whether EU citizenship can be lost.
Clauses within EU law define an individuals citizenship status but it has been noted that citizenship cannot simply be taken away through a majority decision, especially against the will of the individual. The only way in which citizenship would cease to exist is if the EU itself were to dissolve.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the decision to allow UK citizens to retain EU Citizenship is the responsibility of the European Union, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You could start a new petition asking the Government to negotiate with the EU for the possibility of retaining EU citizenship for certain UK nationals, if that's what you want to happen.
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