European Union

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



Do Labour supporters back a softer Brexit?

Author / Creator: John Curtice

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2024

John Curtice explores what Labour voters think about a closer relationship with the EU, looking at levels of support for specific ways in which Brexit might be softened.  


A Difficult Choice? Inside the UK/Outside the EU vs. Inside the EU/Outside the UK

Author / Creator: Alex Scholes

Media type: Report

Date published: 2024

20% - 30% think there will be no difference to most elements of economic life whether Scotland is in the EU or with UK outside the EU


Scotland And EU

Author / Creator: Anthony Salamone

Media type: Podcast

Date published: 2323

Scottish Government’s latest independence White Paper on Scotland’s accession to the European Union


The Role of EU Immigration and the Threat of Brexit

Author / Creator: Sotirios Frantzanas

Media type: Briefing Paper

Date published: 2019

Do EU immigrants still feel wanted in the UK?


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.


The Euro Has Never Been More Problematic

Author / Creator: Yanis Varoufakis

Media type: Video

Date published: 2019

The Euro is not separate from Brexit.  Varoufakis argues against three statements: 

Europeans are better off as a result of the Euro

Euro was a useful and helpful instrument during European crisis,

Euro is a success story

 


Questions of EU Membership

Author / Creator: Anthony Salamone

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2022

Two things define Scotland’s current and future connections to the EU - We need to recognise we are external to the EU's thinking, and we need to rectify the generally poor knowledge of the EU among the general population and among our politicians.


Scotland, Brexit and Broken Promise of Democracy

Author / Creator: Klaus Stolz

Date published:

The perception of a democratic deficit began in the Thatcher premiership, long before Brexit. Scottish self government came to be positively linked with European intergation.