United Kingdom Scotland looks to Europe as new independence campaign launched The first minister compared Scotland to other European countries and said after independence, Scotland would be wealthier, fairer and happier. 14/06/2022
Uncovering Europe Will Scotland's longest-serving leader deliver an independence vote? Nicola Sturgeon passes her predecessors this week to become Scotland's longest serving first minister - and plans to hold a new independence referendum in 2023. 26/05/2022
View Scotland will have to work hard to keep its EU connections | View For post-Brexit Scotland, re-joining the EU is a long way off. Those that would see this happen must come up with an adequate strategy to maintain ties with Europe in years to come, writes European Merchants director Anthony Salamone. 17/12/2021
Uncovering Europe Aye, have a dream: Scotland's renewed foreign policy push “When the choice for Scotland is a pro-European, EU member state, independent Scotland, or a Boris Johnson Little Brexit Britain, I think people will vote yes [to independence]." 09/12/2021
world news Brexit 5 years on: 'We would have you back,' says Europe, in new poll Most respondents in France, Germany, Italy and Spain have a message for the UK: We want EU back, we want EU back for good. 23/06/2021
United Kingdom Could Scotland be the next member of the Nordic Council? Following success in the recent parliamentary elections, a Finnish MP said he would push to make Scotland an observing member of the Nordic Council, but is there any substance to the initiative? 11/05/2021
United Kingdom UK PM Johnson calls for crisis talks after Scottish Nationalists win In a letter, Boris Johnson invited the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to a crisis summit on the union. 09/05/2021
United Kingdom Pro-independence parties secure majority in Scottish parliament As pro-independence parties retain a majority in the Scottish Parliament, Nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon confirms bid for second attempt to leave United Kingdom 08/05/2021
United Kingdom Vote count underway in key election for Scotland, England and Wales The vote could have far-reaching implications for the fate of the opposition Labour Party and for Scotland's future in the UK. 06/05/2021
United Kingdom Scotland: SNP seeks mandate for fresh independence referendum But opinion polls suggest the party may not achieve an outright majority and could seek a pro-independence coalition. 04/05/2021
United Kingdom Alex Salmond launches new pro-independence party in Scotland Scotland: Former first minister Alex Salmond will run as leader of pro-independence 'Alba' party in May elections 26/03/2021
Uncovering Europe Scots and Catalans look to each other to ease independence woes 2021 is set to be a pivotal year in the independence movements in Scotland and Catalonia. But are there lessons each movement can learn from the other to avoid the pitfalls that threaten to derail their cause? 13/03/2021
Good Morning Europe Support for Scottish independence soars in new poll A record number of people now support independence for Scotland. A new Ipsos MORI poll puts the number of Scottish residents who want to leave the union at the highest level ever recorded. 16/10/2020
United Kingdom Disunited Kingdom: Why Brexit makes Scottish independence more likely Six years on from the referendum on Scottish independence, polls suggest Scots are keener than ever to dissolve their 300-year-old union with England. Brexit is the driving force, analysts have told Euronews. 18/09/2020
View Coronavirus and Brexit talks are putting Scottish independence firmly back on the agenda ǀ View Rather than calming the debate, the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Brexit negotiations between the UK and EU have only served to refocus the Scottish independence debate ahead of next year's Scottish Parliament elections. 08/07/2020
United Kingdom Scotland asks EU to 'leave a light on' in Brussels after Brexit Many in Scotland have an eye on independence from the UK, a move they see as opening a path to joining the European Union. 31/01/2020
United Kingdom Brexit gives Scotland mandate for new independence vote - Sturgeon As the UK formally leaves the EU on Friday, Scotland's First Minister is to stress that Scots overwhelmingly voted against Brexit and that they should thus be allowed to hold a new independence referendum. 31/01/2020
View An independent Scotland isn’t ready for EU membership. It needs a constitution first ǀ View I am still unconvinced that the SNP really wants to lead a new independent Scotland into the EU. The SNP only brings up EU membership as a persuasive argument to achieve independence more easily. 29/01/2020
United Kingdom 'Democracy will prevail': Sturgeon after new independence vote refused The UK prime minister said that Scotland already voted against separating from the UK in 2014. 14/01/2020
United Kingdom UK PM tells Sturgeon he's against a second Scottish independence vote No sooner had Boris Johnson seemingly solved the legacy of one referendum, so another reared its head again. 13/12/2019
United Kingdom SNP election launch pledges pact to 'block' Brexit and Boris Johnson The SNP, which has run Scotland’s government since 2007, promised a bill to stop the NHS being a "bargaining chip" in post-Brexit trade talks. 08/11/2019
United Kingdom Scotland will be 'ripped from Europe' without independence: Sturgeon Scottish First Minister addresses thousands at rally in Glasgow. 02/11/2019