Scottish First Minister #NicolaSturgeon announced a #referendum for #Scottishindependence to take place in October 2023. What would an independent #Scotland look like?
First thing on the agenda would be rejoining the #EU. Likely to be approved, although Spain may reject because they don’t want #Catalonia to get any ideas.
Statistics :
• 28th member of EU
• Population with 5.4 million people would rank 18th
• GDP per capita ranks 11th in the EU between France and Italy
Trade - best of both worlds, free trade with Europe and UK (depending on how amicably the split goes)
Currency would be interesting - would the keep the Pound, adopt the Euro or create their own currency
Border may be messy - likely to keep open borders with the #UK, EU requires #Schengen area. Meaning an open border with UK would be tricky.
#Queen - even though an estimated 45% of Scotland favors the Crown, SNP says she will likely remain as the Queen of Scotland
Obstacles, legal questions, overcoming Westiminster and considering opinoin is split, it remains an uphill battle - but will be interesting to see how this plays out.
