Independence for Scotland
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- FrdmOfSpch0
Umm, sorry kelpie, i'm not basing my opinions on "unionist propaganda". This is direct from the European Unions Legal Advisers.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/…
Scotland would have a big problem becoming an independent EU state. EU enlargment in the last 5 years has caused a constitutional crisis. Various nations of EU have enacted laws where any new EU members will be voted in on referendums. The whole mechanism has ground to a halt.
Scotland's breakaway memerbship would be completely without precedent and would send shockwaves on the whole federalist ideal of Europe. It would have impllications for the diverse nationalisms across the whole of Europe. Over 100 of which are officially recognised. Would be the first step to a true United States of Europe.
And Europe has always been a conglomeration of warring states and nationalism.. Sure you feel more certain of your own statehood, but then that bias is understandable. But, since the treaty of Westphalia, vritually all states in Europe (and, across the world) are a form of union between formally independent state's and Kingdoms. Well, except liechtenstine. Prussians, Catalans, Sicillians...