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Scotland, Secession, and the European Union

Primary Author or Creator
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Date Published
Fast Facts

This paper discusses Scotland’s relationship with the EU in the context of two different secession events. The first concerns the question of an independent Scotland’s EU membership in the event of Scotland’s secession from the UK.

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