Correspondent in London
They didn't hit the magic number 65, but came very close to it.
The separatists of the SNP (Scottish National Party) only missed one seat the absolute majority in the Parliament of Holyrood, which they had obtained ten years earlier, in 2011. For Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon, it is infuriating to to have come so close to the goal, but the victory remains clear.
And the pro-independence parties do have a comfortable majority.
With the support of the Greens, who obtained 8 seats, the separatists secured a majority of 72 seats out of 129. “
It's a great victory for Nicola Sturgeon
,” comments Nicola McEwen, co-director of the Center on Constitutional Change of Edinburgh University
it may have missed the absolute majority by one seat but it has more than twice the number of seats of the closest rival and the pro-independence majority is stronger than before, reckons given the success of the Greens
. "
Even before the proclamation
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