September 22, 2014
Staying or leaving?If David Cameron wins the May election he has promised an In/Out EU referendum by 2017. Even if he does not it is still probable there will be one at some point. National referendums are rare in the UK so with the Scottish vote we ha…
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Alex Salmond, in/out referendum, poll, referendum, scotland, UKIP |
September 18, 2014
FC Barcelona supporters waving Scottish flags at Camp NouThe world is watching Scotland today, and the Catalans will watch closer than most.Spanish news sites are featuring pictures of FC Barcelona supporters waving Scottish flags during their team’s C…
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Artur Mas, catalonia, consulta, IndyRef, Rajoy, referendum, scotland, Spain |
September 9, 2014
Aspiration or reality?Alex Salmond has today claimed that an independent Scotland’s (iScotland) EU membership terms could “be finalised in 18 months” i.e by March 2016. There is an obvious political reason for wishing to play down the disruption caused…
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Alex Salmond, euro, euro opt out, Independence referendum, JHA opt-out, referendum, scotland |
August 20, 2014
Ahead of next month’s crucial Scottish independence referendum, the Scottish government has put out its own paper on EU reform, designed to position the SNP on the pro-reform as opposed to the status quo side of the debate. The report has generated ver…
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democratic deficit, EU red tape, EU reform, localism, scotland, Scottish independence, SNP, subsidiarity |
February 17, 2014
Our Director Mats Persson writes on his Telegraph blog:The UK must be the first country, with the forthcoming Scottish and EU referenda, to simultaneously have an intense political debate about the difficulty or otherwise of both joining and leaving th…
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Alex Salmond, barroso, catalonia, enlargement, EU accession, EU enlargement, EU law, eu membership, euro, euro opt out, scotland, Scottish independence, Scottish referendum, Spain |
November 26, 2013
The SNP has today published its White Paper on an independent Scotland. Amongst its other analysis it sets out a strategy towards the EU. It has always been clear that if Scotland votes for independence there will need to be a negotiation with the…
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euro opt out, Independence referendum, JHA opt-out, schengen, scotland, UK rebate |
October 29, 2013
Coming to a polling station near you?The UK’s Electoral Commission, in response to the onward march of James Wharton MP’s EU Referendum Bill, has been opining on how to ask the UK population if it wants to remain in the EU. .James Wharton MP’s ori…
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electoral commission, EU referendum, eu referendum bill, legislated EU referendum, scotland |
October 17, 2013
According to the Scotsman, Professor Dr Roland Vaubel, who is an adviser to Germany’s economics ministry, has written the following for the journal Economic Affairs:The opinion of the European Union institutions that Catalonia and Scotland…
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catalonia, EU enlargement, Independence referendum, scotland |
MEPs yesterday voted on a new safety regime for offshore oil and gas platforms. And what do you know, it appears that the UK has managed to come up with an acceptable solution. Fears that the Commission’s original plan to push its plans via a regu…
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commission, council of ministers, european parliament, gas, oil, scotland |
The SNP Scottish Government has today released its 16 page plan for independence in which it envisages an independent Scotland within the EU. The document does show they have attempted to address earlier criticisms and grapple with …
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