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After Britain leaves the EU, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon is pushing harder for Scotland to join the EU. Sturgeon said in an interview with the daily “Die Welt” and other European media that he would quickly bring his nation to the European Union after the independence referendum he aspires to.
“According to the latest polls, more than half of Scots want independence. I am confident that the Scots will say yes in the next referendum, ”he said. An independent Scotland would immediately apply to join the EU. In his opinion, Scotland is “a unique case for a speedy accession to the EU”.
“Scotland is coming home, this is not a new beginning”
Scotland’s accession “is not an enlargement”. After all, as part of the UK, Scotland had been a member for over 40 years. “Scotland is coming home, this is not a new beginning.”
Scotland needs London’s approval for the referendum. If Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not allow a referendum, he does not exclude the judicial process, so does Sturgeon. “If London refuses to pass it, we have to see if the Scottish Parliament can pass the necessary legislation. This issue has not yet come up in court, but I am not ruling it out. We cannot allow the British government to block democracy, “said the head of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
In the most recent vote in 2014, 55 per cent of Scots voted to remain in the UK. However, the SNP maintains that a new vote is necessary in view of Brexit. In the UK’s referendum on leaving the EU in 2016, a majority of Scots voted to remain in the European Union.
