EU accession
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.
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.