Submitted on Thursday 16th April 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ask the EU to extend Brexit talks by the allowed maximum of two years.
Just as the IMF has pleaded, this is not the time to risk the economic uncertainty of leaving Europe. Coronavirus demonstrates the need for international cooperation. Our failure to participate in the EU PPE bulk buy may cost lives. We mustn't jeopardise health and food work let alone industry.
It is time to act together in the national interest, put Brexit on hold and work with our neighbours for the good of all. Cooperation in an international crisis will not undermine sovereignty. We need workers from Europe for our medical and food needs – we are flying in agricultural workers now. Even if coronavirus is curtailed by next year we will not have a working health and food infrastructure without our European alliance by then. Business and industry will also be worse outside Europe.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:
Extend the transition; delay negotiations until after the coronavirus outbreak: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300412
Hold a referendum on the post-2020 UK-EU relationship with option to rejoin EU: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300026
Rejoin the EU under Article 49 TEU: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300297
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