Scotland’s place in Europe after Brexit: Between a rock and a hard place? A legal scoping exercise

Tobias Lock

doi:10.15166/2499-8249/146

Scotland’s place in Europe after Brexit: Between a rock and a hard place? A legal scoping exercise

Tobias Lock

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Abstract

The UK’s decision to leave the EU poses a particular challenge for Scotland where 62% of the population voted in favour of remaining. This has led to calls – amongst others by the Scottish Government – that Scotland should be allowed to either stay in the EU or at the very least in the EU’s single market. In a first step this article provides an analysis in how far a differentiated solution for Scotland as part of the UK would be legally possible and whether it would be practicable; in a second step the article discusses the legal conditions under which an independent Scotland would be able to either join the EU or stay in the single market.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-200
Number of pages	18
Journal	European Papers
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15166/2499-8249/146
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2017

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Brexit
EEA/EFTA
EU
Scotland
Secession
Independence
differentiated integration

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