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>out the European Union. This is IMHO highly unlikely in practice. Succession/secession law regarding EU membership is untested, but the simplest suggestion i
by ronaldx 12y ago
>out the European Union.
This is IMHO highly unlikely in practice.
Succession/secession law regarding EU membership is untested, but the simplest suggestion is that rest-of-the-UK retains membership, and Scotland has to reapply as a "new" member. I think that's what you're saying. But, this is awkward and probably not legally correct because it treats the two newly formed countries differently.
This is also not in anyone's interest, except for perhaps Spain (Spanish politicians are pushing this solution because they are worried about Catalonia): it forces two countries to do the opposite of what their electorate would prefer.
For now, this is just a propaganda designed to frighten voters: some other arrangement would be made.
Wikipedia has a large amount of detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_enlargement_of_the_European_Union#Upcoming_independence_referendum_sanctioned_by_an_EU_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_enlargement_of_the_Euro...
- Tyrannosaurs 12y agoSpain aren't the only country who have potential independence concerns and new membership does require all 28 countries to agree. My instinct is the same as yours - that ultimately it would happen - but I don't think it's just propaganda. It's fair to say that there are doubts about it happening (at the very least the timescales and mechanisms). Given that much of England don't want to be in the EU perhaps the easiest thing would be that we adopt Spain's ideal approach but instead of England, Wales and NI remaining in and Scotland reapply, Scotland get the "existing" place and England, Wales and NI can reapply if they wish... Edit: Englishman living in Scotland (for 7 years now with no intention of leaving whatever happens with independence).