Tuesday 20 December 2016

Nicola Sturgeon ready to present Scotland's future in the EU after Brexit

Nicola Sturgeon

Long awaited Norwegian plan for Scotland will finally be revealed today by the Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, which has the sole aim of keeping Scotland in the EU single market even if the rest of the UK decides to leave the EU.

Nicola Sturgeon trusts that Scottish enrolment of the European Economic region (EEA) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will permit Scotland to make the "softest Brexit", permitting it to remain part of the United Kingdom while as yet getting a charge out of single market access.

In a news meeting later, she will uncover the full points of interest of a Brexit fight arragement entitled "Scotland's Place in Europe". The plan concentrates on how Scotland can stay in the European single market after the UK leaves the European Union.

Ms Sturgeon has demonstrated that if the proposition are rejected by the UK Government, she will continue towards another indy ref for Scotland.

Enrollment of the EEA accommodates the free movement of products, administrations, individuals and capital.

As of now, Norway, Iceland and Leichtenstein have such a course of action, which gives them full access to the single market. Consequently, those nations must add to the EU spending plan and acknowledge most EU laws.

The European Free Trade Association is an exchange association which, in addition to other things, arranges exchange concurrences in the interest of its part nations.

Prior to today's declaration, Nicola Sturgeon said: "Being part of the European Single Market is vital for Scotland's future economic wellbeing.

"Analysis shows the cost to our economy of a hard Brexit, outside the Single Market, could be around £11bn a year by 2030, with an independent forecast of 80,000 lost jobs in Scotland and a cut in average earnings of around £2,000 per person after a decade.

A few specialists have rejected the possibility of Scotland joining the European Economic Area while it remains part of the United Kingdom, cautioning of a hard monetary fringe with whatever is left of the UK which could have an entirely unique arrangement of directions from the EU.

The UK Government has given blended messages on regardless of whether it will listen to Ms Sturgeon's Brexit arrange.

According to Scottish Secretary David Mundell the proposition will be listened to precisely, on the off chance that they are "credible and backed-up by evidence".

It stands out from the expressions of the Chancellor Philip Hammond, who seemed to expel the possibility of an uncommon Scottish arrangement on a late visit to Edinburgh.

The SNP's adversaries speculate they are proposing the inconceivable as a feature of a procedure that leads towards anther independence referendum.

Scottish Labor Leader Kezia Dugdale told Sky News: "I certainly think the First Minister's looking for an excuse.


"Our relationship with Europe is, of course, very important and I want to see that maintained but our relationship with the rest of the United Kingdom is even more important and nothing should be done to threaten that and that's why we're so firmly against a second independence referendum."

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