Scottish Independence Referendum - 18 September 2014

[Velasco]

As a 'national' party I suppose that SNP would tend to occupy the central place of Scottish politics which doesn't mean necessarily a 'centrist' ideology. SNP is vaguely a center-left party with its main focus on Scottish independence and/or sovereignty, am I wrong?

[Velasco]

If Scotland vote yes, there is no way they'd get into the EU or NATO, right? I cannot see the UK (or whatever they would be called), Spain, or any other national with a secessionist movement allowing them in either group.

Spain will not oppose the entry of an independent Scotland in the EU.

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/02/03/inenglish/1391425089_214995.html

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However, after reading some article by Krugman on how stupid would be the idea of an independent Scotland depending on the Bank of England (didn't they learn any lesson from the ill design of the Eurozone?), I wonder if Scots realise that independence might not imply sovereignty.