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Re:Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving th... by Nursie on Monday June 27, 2016 @05:47AM (#11985079)
There does remain the question of whether Scotland, which has no proven history of having any sort of independent economy, would come anywhere close to being an acfeptabke risk for the EU and eurozone to take on.

I'm not claiming to have an answer one way or another there, but it seems a bit of a risk to just assume that.

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Re:Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving th... by DanBC on Monday June 27, 2016 @06:19AM (#11985207)
Scottish leaders have been in intensive talks with EU recently.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/25/brexit-...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36629331

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/25/sturgeon-see... We knew all along that Scotland was strongly pro-EU.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-3561...

And that the only reason a bunch of people in Scotland voted to stay in the UK was because of promises about staying in EU.

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Re:Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving th... by Nursie on Monday June 27, 2016 @06:26AM (#11985232)
Certainly, I listened to Nicola Sturgeon's post-result address and it sounded like she was out talking to all the leaders she could.

If the question of post-Independence EU membership is resolved on the EU side I'd love to know, during the last referendum the EU was pretty clear there would be no automatic entry for Scotland. But whether that was true or politically driven... guess we'll find out.

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Re:Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving th... by learnstats2 on Monday June 27, 2016 @05:54AM (#11985108)
Although I have no reason to believe that the EU wouldn't accept Scotland on this basis, a fresh accession might require the agreement of 27 countries.

There was a question last time about whether Scotland would automatically inherit EU membership or would have to apply for accession. IIRC, the EU wouldn't answer the question directly because Westminster refused to ask them. I'm guessing Nicola Sturgeon might be keen for this question to be cleared up.

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Re:Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving th... by Nursie on Monday June 27, 2016 @05:57AM (#11985122)
I think a lot of people will be waiting for that information, it's likely to be pivotal.
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