Can Scotland rejoin the EU?
Answer:
Once independent with its own currency, Scotland can apply for EU membership. This may take a couple of years. In the interim application can be made to EFTA and to joining the customs union they enjoy with the EU.
Full answer here: Scotland can choose to apply for membership of the EU
Building a New Scotland: an independent Scotland in the EU
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Scottish Government’s vision for an independent Scotland in the EU.
Scotland’s EU Debate The Essential Questions on Membership of the European Union under Independence
Author / Creator: Anthony Salamone
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
The question of potential Scottish EU membership is a foundational aspect of the independence debate today. 100 questions on re-joining the EU
Smaller States’ Strategies and Influence in an EU of 27: Lessons for Scotland
Author / Creator: Kirsty Hughes
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: March 2020
Smaller EU member states can develop their European strategies and tactics, set priorities and build alliances, and some lessons for Scotland’s European strategy are available from their experiences.
An Independent Scotland in the EU: Issues for Accession
Author / Creator: Kirsty Hughes
Media type: Report
Date published:
This report brings together the views of...what an independent Scotland’s accession process to the EU might look like and what the implications of independence in the EU, while the rest of the UK remained outside the EU, might be
Independence in the EU in the Covid Era: Prospects for Scotland
Author / Creator: Kirsty Hughes
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2020
Covid has not changed Scotland's position in relation to applying for membership of the EU. If Scotland were to choose independence through a constitutionally and legally valid process, then it would be eligible to apply to join the EU.
Europe is our Oyster. Scotland's Accession to EFTA, EEA and/or the EU
Author / Creator: Peter Sellar
Date published: 2021
The EU is not the only possible European option for an independent Scotland. Two other options are available: joining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or the European Economic Area (EEA) and/or the EU
Scotland’s European Relations: Where Next?
Author / Creator: Kirsty Hughes
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2021
The Scottish government’s European strategy aims to maintain and develop Scotland’s European relations in Brexit environment. And to Focus on issues of common interest, including the climate emergency, wellbeing, innovation and human rights. For now, Scotland’s European relations are rather positive despite the impact of Brexit. Yet they are also strongly affected by the state of EU-UK relations which currently are difficult and fractious – and UK-Scotland constitutional tensions
Busting the last of the myths around independence. Open Minds on Independence #20
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published:
This article looks at myths about Scottish independence.
MYTH 7: Nationalism is by its very nature a bad thing
MYTH 8: An independent Scotland would be last in the queue to join the EU
Myth 9: You can’t hold a referendum without Westminster’s “permission”
Myth 10: Independence for Scotland would abandon the rest of the UK to permanent Tory rule
The Economics of Scotland-rUK Border
Author / Creator: David Bell
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
An independent Scotland within the EU would border checks of some nature. Ireland's experience shows it is clearly possible for a small country to succeed economically in a similar situation.
Scottish independence: EU membership and the Anglo–Scottish border
Author / Creator: Institute for Government
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
The implications of an independent Scotland joining the EU or EFTA would include a border with rUK, some interim border arrangements, and considerations about currency
Scotland, Secession, and the European Union
Author / Creator: Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
Scotland not be forced to leave the EU against its will.
Support for Independence drops significantly if Scotland were to join Euro
Author / Creator: Edward Malnick
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
40% Scots less likely to support Independence if Scotland had to join the Euro.