| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Communication |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/17/649 (22.03.17) |
| Publication Date | 22/03/2017 |
| Content Type | News |
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On 22 March 2017 the European Commission registered two European Citizens' Initiatives concerning the rights of Union citizens in the context of the withdrawal of a Member State from the EU and rejected a third proposal entitled 'Stop Brexit'. The first invited the Commission to separate Union citizenship from Member State nationality in light of the UK withdrawal from the EU (EU Citizenship for Europeans: United in Diversity in spite of jus soli and jus sanguinis), and the second calls on the Commission to uphold the right of Union citizens to move and reside freely within the European Union (Retaining European Citizenship). At the same time, the Commission rejected as inadmissible a third proposal calling on the Commission to prevent the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU (Stop Brexit). The Commission's decisions concern the legal admissibility of the proposed initiatives. At this stage, the Commission has not examined the substance of the initiatives. The formal registration of the 'Retaining European Citizenship initiative' would take place on 2 May 2017 and the registration of the 'EU Citizenship for Europeans' initiative would take place on 27 March 2017. In both cases, this would start a one-year process of collection of signatures in support of the proposed European Citizens' Initiative by their organisers. |
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| Source Link | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-649_en.htm |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, United Kingdom |
