"Please stay!": Scotland starts emotional Brexit appeal and threatens Johnson - Merkel speaks of "unrest"

There are only a few days left for a Brexit agreement.

In Scotland the pain of parting is growing - Angela Merkel meanwhile gives an insight into the mood in the EU.

Edinburgh

- The

Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon

made

an emotional appeal to the EU

at the online party conference of her 

Scottish National Party

.

“You are part of who we are - and always will be.

You are not far from us, ”said Sturgeon on Monday in the direction of the remaining EU member states.

"To those who have come from other countries to live in ours, thank you for that - please stay."

Brexit: Scotland threatens Johnson to leave - Merkel hopes for an agreement, but also speaks of "unrest"

There is still a strong need for

independence from the UK

in

Scotland

- in recent polls, a majority of Scots were in favor of decoupling.

In 2014, however, an independence referendum was canceled.

If her party wins the general election next year

, Sturgeon wants to force another referendum

.

British

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

wants to prevent that.

“To the other EU countries: Scotland wants to return.

We hope to be able to do this soon as an independent Member State. "

Scotland "wants to return" to the EU and hopes to do so "as an independent member state," First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says in her SNP conference speech

In a "message to our European friends," she says "you are and always will be part of who we are "https://t.co/xHL2TEgTCN pic.twitter.com/CYHfqo07vJ

- BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) November 30, 2020

Meanwhile, Chancellor Angela Merkel

(CDU) is

relying

on an agreement between the EU and Great Britain

despite the

stalling Brexit * talks

.

"We hope that these negotiations will end well, so to speak," said Merkel on Monday at a

video conference

with the European committees of the EU states and the European Parliament.

However, because there was not much time left, some EU countries were "slowly getting restless".

The negotiations are tough.

At the same time, Merkel emphasized that the

EU does not need an agreement at any price

.

“We want one thing, but otherwise we will also take measures that are necessary.” An agreement is in everyone's interest.

Brexit: Ireland outraged by Johnson's course - "that's ridiculous"

The

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney

criticized

the UK

given the elapsed time for his actions.

"The UK government could have had a much longer transition period, but it refused, and yet it is now blaming the EU - it's just ridiculous," Coveney told the

BBC

.

"I believe a deal is possible, but it has to come about this week if possible because the time for ratification and preparation is really running out," said Coveney.

Great Britain had in the past few days again asked the EU to make concessions and said that a treaty must fully accept the country's new sovereignty.

The

EU Commission

officially says nothing about the status of the negotiations.

"We will comment on this when we are at a point that allows conclusions to be drawn," said

chief spokesman Eric Mamer

on Monday.

Brexit: will there be a trade deal?

"In the next few days we will have clarity"

The Brexit coordinator of the European Parliament,

David McAllister

, said on

ZDF

: "In the next few days we will have clarity as to whether there will be an agreement or not." to work together.

"And that's why I hope that the famous British" common sense "will prevail in these last days of negotiations."

At the

turn of the year

, the Brexit transition phase * ends

, during which the same rules largely apply as before

Great Britain left

the

EU

.

After that, however, without a trade pact, there is a risk of a hard economic break with high tariffs, long traffic jams and other trade barriers.

The chief negotiators on both sides are fighting for an agreement in London.

The rules for fishing, but also the level playing field, are particularly contentious.

(

dpa / fn

) *

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