Nicola Sturgeon told why she should focus on Article 49

Before the month's over Theresa May will have activated Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to begin the two-year procedure of the UK pulling back from the European Union.

Be that as it may, that won't be the last we know about the settlement. There is probably going to be a great deal of talk about Article 49, which is about the way nations can join the union as opposed to abandon it.

Clearly that hasn't a considerable measure to do with Brexit however it is. What is most troubling Spain - one of the huge EU part states. For Madrid, the enormous stress is that the dynamic level headed discussion over the conceivable separation of the United Kingdom will demonstrate infectious and reinforce the assurance of the locale of Catalonia to press for a coupling choice on freedom.

While delivering an address on All Out Politics this week, Raul Romeva, who depicts himself as Catalonia's foreign minister, saluted the British Government on encouraging open verbal confrontation about the future status of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Up until this point, the Spanish central government has declined to permit Catalonia to hold a binding referendum on its future. To be sure, the Spanish courts restricted Artur Mas, the previous leader of Catalonia and the father of the modern independence movement, from holding open office for a long time since he disregarded a request not to hold an informal ballot on secession.

This implies the Spanish government, a key player among the 27 other member country of the European Union, is intensely delicate to any moves which make Scottish freedom more probable, since they fear it will set a point of reference for Spain.

Last week Nicola Sturgeon unequivocally connected Scotland's case for autonomy to the "material change" that the UK is presently leaving the EU and the single market, in spite of what English political leaders told the Scottish people amid the last race.

The EU's self-intrigue implies that it, including Spain, should now consider if Scotland could maybe be rescued as a part from the destruction of Brexit.

The key question is the means by which simple it would be for a free Scotland to remain in or rejoin the European Union. As of recently the Government in Westminster has expected that Spain would square simple enrollment for Scotland all together not to urge Catalonia to have a go. In any case, late signs are that Spain is softening its restriction to Scotland being a piece of the EU in light of a legitimate concern for the more prominent union.

Spanish governmental issues has been in turmoil. Over a time of inconclusive elections implied that King Felipe needed to delay his state visit to the UK. Spain has now framed a government and King Felipe is coming here in the late spring, advantageously making President Trump postpone his own state visit.

Source: Sky News, 2017