The UK has effectively scrapped visa-free travel from Europe. They still call it visa-free, but it’s bullshit.. you have to pay money and do a background check. That’s as shitty as applying for visa. We have lost some of our freedom of movement due to this enshitification of the world that the US has started.

Canada did the same shit.

So the question is, if petitioners want to travel to the UK and Canada without the cost, security theatre snooping, hassle, and stupid risk of ruined vacations, would it be viable to petition the EU to negotiate to have the UK and Canada end their shitty border treatment of Europeans? Most likely it would amount to reciprocity (Europe not pulling the same stupid shit on Canadians and Brits).

But in the end, we just want a negotiation to happen. Is a petition the right mechanism?