France: EU will not help Nicola Sturgeon 'dismantle' the UK - Polidicks

[QUOTE]The European Union will not help Nicola Sturgeon “dismantle” the United Kingdom by holding negotiations over Scottish membership, France’s foreign minister has said as she refused to consider other options. Jean-Marc Ayrault said the EU should not discuss future membership with Scotland while it is still part of the UK because "Europe should in no case contribute to the dismantling of nations." He told France-2 television that "you have to respect the history" of each of the 28 EU member states and let them decide their futures, instead of holding negotiations with one part such as Scotland. Ms Sturgeon yesterday told MSPs that she wanted Scottish membership to be “on the table” when talks between the UK Government and the EU start. But a series of experts including Sir David Edward, a member of an expert panel set up by the First Minister to advise her on Brexit, warned a Holyrood inquiry that the UK would also find it impossible to negotiate this.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/01/france-eu-will-not-help-nicola-sturgeon-dismantle-the-uk/"]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/01/france-eu-will-not-help-nicola-sturgeon-dismantle-the-uk/[/URL]

It'd be interesting if they did leave because they wouldn't automatically be members of the EU upon leaving and countries like Spain have their own separatists that they don't want to encourage. This would be tugging against the desire to not have countries leave the EU though. On top of that if Scotland were to join it would probably have to introduce their own austerity in order to meet the GDP:debt ratios required by the EU for the Euro zone depending on what they would negotiate with the UK.

[QUOTE=UserDirk580;50628228]It'd be interesting if they did leave because they wouldn't automatically be members of the EU upon leaving and countries like Spain have their own separatists that they don't want to encourage. This would be tugging against the desire to not have countries leave the EU though. On top of that if Scotland were to join it would probably have to introduce their own austerity in order to meet the GDP:debt ratios required by the EU for the Euro zone depending on what they would negotiate with the UK.[/QUOTE] the thing with spains threats of vetoing scotlands entry to the eu if they go independent is, the threat becomes totally meaningless if we actually do go independent, because the whole nature of the threat is to try and stop us going independent. spain rely on scotlands waters for fishing etc. a hell of a lot, and they only get that if we're in the eu, so if we did leave the uk they'd probably roll back on their threat.

[QUOTE=Marzipas;50628236]the thing with spains threats of vetoing scotlands entry to the eu if they go independent is, the threat becomes totally meaningless if we actually do go independent, because the whole nature of the threat is to try and stop us going independent. spain rely on scotlands waters for fishing etc. a hell of a lot, and they only get that if we're in the eu, so if we did leave the uk they'd probably roll back on their threat.[/QUOTE] It heavily depends what they value more, Fishing waters or giving traction to seperatist movements.