NEWS · 26 May 2026
The Rejoin the EU petition on the official Parliament website is now over 90,000 and quickly approaching its target of 100,000.
Reaching 100,000 signatures secures a parliamentary debate on rejoining the EU. It would take place at a crucial moment when the idea of rejoining is increasingly breaking into the mainstream.
We are supporting this last push – can we reach the target today?
If you have already signed, this would be a great day to share the petition!
Rejoining CAN be quick!
In case you missed it over the Bank Holiday weekend, we wanted to highlight an important interview with Sandro Gozi, chair of the European delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Assembly, in the Independent.
Critics of rejoining the EU often claim (without basis) that it would take "a decade or more". That's why his public intervention on this issue is so useful.
Gozi said that the EU would see a UK application to rejoin as a "major victory for the European project" – and would be open to fast-tracking it.
"It could be done more quickly than for other candidate countries because there is the institutional memory there from when the UK was a member. And there is also already some level of alignment between the UK and EU."
This matches up with how we see this issue, including in our book Rejoin: The Facts – yes, there is no specialised 'rejoin' process, but we are in a position to proceed quickly through the standard application, because of the UK's existing level of EU alignment.
You can read more about how long rejoining the EU would take at rejoin.info, our Q&A website that busts the myths about rejoining!
Updates: Rejoin march and walk to Brussels
The National Rejoin March has now reached its fundraising target. Thank you to all who contributed!
We are proud and grateful that a major chunk of this funding was raised from all of you on this mailing list. We know we pushed it hard last week but it is worth it to know that the march will look well-presented and have a good budget for increased promotion in the coming weeks.
You may also have seen our recent email about the Rejoin march organisers who are currently walking all the way from London to Brussels, to raise awareness of the demonstration.
They are due to depart Faversham in Kent this morning for today's leg of the walk, reaching Canterbury tonight and Dover by the end of tomorrow. You can catch up on their progress via their video updates here:
