| What if a European member state wanted to block Scotland’s EU membership? |
| Wednesday, 18 March 2009 14:52 |
| As has been said above, this is not possible. Even in the hypothetical circumstances of an attempt to do this, unanimity of all Member States, including Scotland, would be required to block Scottish membership. At any rate, with Scotland possessing three-quarters of the EU's oil reserves, it is very difficult to see why the EU would even want to block Scottish membership. Even Labour’s former Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, an arch-opponent ofIndependence, admitted to European business representatives that: “Europe is not going to throw Scotland out. It welcomes all comers and Scotland would be a member.” (The Herald 28-7-00) |
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