Re: What's Going on in Europe
Reply #569 –
Scotland didn't even qualify though.
The BBC says otherwise.
The claim: An independent Scotland could remain a member of the European Union while the rest of the UK left, in effect taking over Britain's membership of the EU rather than having to start a fresh application to join as a new country.
Reality Check verdict: The situation is unclear. If Scotland were to hold a second referendum, and become independent, it could apply to become a member of the EU in the usual way. And it is now more plausible that EU member states would try to speed up the process for Scotland than it would have been at the time of the 2014 independence referendum. But we cannot say if it would be able to continue as a member without going through some sort of application process.
The rest of the article elaborates. I'm not certain why an independent Scotland would not qualify for EU membership. Maybe Salmond was right this whole time.