(06-29-2016, 09:35 AM)Scarlet Heath Wrote: Up Nerth (Scotland)
Today the Spanish Prime Minister declared that Spain recognises only the United Kingdom as the negotiating body with the EU, as indicated here:
Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has dashed Scottish hopes of retaining EU membership in the case of a British exit from the bloc, insisting that there could be no separate negotiations between Brussels and Edinburgh.
“If the United Kingdom leaves [the EU], so does Scotland,†he told a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday as first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrived for talks with Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, reports Tobias Buck in Madrid.
“Scotland has no competences to negotiate with the EU. The Spanish government rejects any negotiation with anyone other than the United Kingdomâ€, said Mr Rajoy, currently acting prime minister of the country.
As per the article; this supports the previous comments that Spain will veto any attempt by breakaway states to join the EU in order to prevent a precedent being set to which Catalonia may seek to utilise in their pursuit of independence.
Full article: http://www.ft.com/fastft/2016/06/29/rajo...embership/
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In regards to everything crying impending doom, remember its only been a week and nothing has happened. All the economic issues are from the uncertainty.
The motivation -Â Gibraltar
Though there are many (many) UK people living in Spain.
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