"Of course it's very complex as it seems the weight of legal opinion is that Scotland will have to leave the EU if they leave the UK" Citation please. Please s

"Of course it's very complex as it seems the weight of legal opinion is that Scotland will have to leave the EU if they leave the UK" Citation please. Please stop recycling UK Mainstream Media "fag packet legal opinion" about whether Scotland would or would not have to leave the EU before being re-admitted via a lengthy application process. And before you cite Barossa, that was one man's incorrect personal opinion. Thus far the EU has not ruled in any sort of legal way as to whether Article 48 (method of treaty amendment) or Article 49 (applications to join the EU) of the Treaty of Union would apply to Scotland. Thus far the Scottish Government would like to use Article 48 rather than Article 49. Because there as never been a precedent of a new state seceding from an existing member state within the EU the whole position is untried. edit: Disclosure, I am campaigning for Scottish Independence.