Scotland: Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to join the EU quickly

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Nicola Sturgeon: "Scotland is coming home, this is not a new beginning"

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After Great Britain leaves the EU, the Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon is pushing harder for Scotland to join the EU.

Sturgeon said in an interview with the daily newspaper "Die Welt" and other European media that she would lead her nation quickly into the European Union after the independence referendum she is aiming for.

“According to the latest polls, more than half of Scots want independence.

I am confident that the Scots will say yes in the next referendum, ”she said.

An independent Scotland would then immediately apply for EU membership.

In her opinion, Scotland is "a unique case for rapid accession to the EU".

"Scotland is coming home, this is not a new beginning"

Scotland's accession is "not an enlargement".

After all, as part of the United Kingdom, Scotland had been a member for over 40 years.

"Scotland is coming home, this is not a new beginning."

Scotland needs the approval of London for the referendum.

If Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not allow a referendum, he does not exclude the judicial process, so Sturgeon.

“If London refuses to approve, we have to see if the Scottish Parliament can pass the necessary legislation.

This question has not yet arisen in court, but I am not ruling it out.

We cannot allow the British government to block democracy, "said the head of the Scottish National Party (SNP). 

In the most recent vote in 2014, 55 percent of Scots voted to remain in the UK.

However, the SNP argues that a new vote is necessary in view of the Brexit.

In the UK referendum on leaving the EU in 2016, a majority of Scots voted in favor of remaining in the European Union.

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