Scotland starts renewed case for independence

Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by enriquto on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:57AM (#31741301)

> there is a certain tension between wanting to be an independent country, and then also wanting to join the EU

Not necessarily. For example, regarding official languages, there's no way that Gaelic would be an official EU language if Ireland was not directly part of the EU.

And if Catalonia gained its independence, then Catalan would likely become an officially recognized language in the EU (which it isn't, due to spanish interference). Actually, this is one of the most important motivations for many pro-indepencence supporters in Catalonia (of which nearly all of them are pro-EU).

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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by gadders on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @12:28PM (#31741805)

So they could have a language, but lose most of everything else?

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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by enriquto on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:39AM (#31749824)

That's a pretty big deal, actually... imagine (assuming that you are an English monolingual) that suddenly the geopolitics around your city change, and you can not live your daily life using English anymore. You need to learn another, foreign language, that becomes the sole official language. Would you be happy, even if you kept "most of everything else" ?

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