- Joined
- Feb 25, 2013
I've read that the German automakers went into Merkel immediately after the vote saying, in essence, "don't mess with Britain." Which would make sense since Britain is about a fifth of their export market.
Scotland is ineligible for EU membership on their own. Their economy isn't big or stable enough. This came up during Scotland's referendum, when the question was naturally asked.
Now, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the EU bent the rules out of spite (they had to bend them pretty far to take Greece in), but they'd be taking on a liability. Not a very big one, it's true. The population of Scotland is only about 5 million (as opposed to 50 something million English).
It seemed pretty obvious during the Scottish referendum that many English weren't too concerned which way the vote went.
Hell I was rooting for the Scottish to get Independence.
Also would the EU really take on Scotland and piss off Spain?