Governing Party in Scotland Reaffirms Its Will to Enter the EU in the Event of Independence

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The Scottish independence party SNP, currently in power, once again defended on Friday its desire for Scotland to join the European Union (EU) “quickly” if it one day achieves its independence from the United Kingdom.

The Scottish National Party reaffirmed that it will apply to “join the EU as soon as possible” once Scotland gains independence, according to a document released on Friday detailing the party’s strategy.

“We have been excluded from the EU against our will” since Brexit, despite the fact that a majority of Scots had voted to remain in the European bloc during the 2016 referendum, recalled the Minister for Culture and Foreign Affairs, Angus Robertson. , in this document.

Two years earlier, in 2014, the “no” vote had prevailed in a referendum organized in Scotland on independence.

But for the separatists, leaving the EU may mean a change of course since “the (British) Government’s decision to seek a ‘hard’ Brexit resulted in Scotland being penalized economically, socially and culturally.”

“Scotland would be well placed to quickly and smoothly meet the demands of the accession process,” the SNP further asserts in this text, although it states that it wants “its precious relationship” with the United Kingdom to continue.

Relations are tense between the British Conservative executive and the Scottish independence government, led by Humza Yousaf since the surprise resignation at the beginning of the year of Nicola Sturgeon, with periodic friction over the respective powers.

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