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.