Donald Tusk, the former European Council president has indicated that Brussels feels "empathy" towards an independent Scotland joining the European Union.
Cue, delighted shouts from the diminutive leader of the devolved Scottish government .... cry freedom, and raise the clans!!
He also said that he feels "very Scottish, especially after Brexit".... which is very odd for a Pole to say. Except, all is not as it seems .... firstly Mr Tusk is no longer the chief negotiator, but that aside, what he's said is nothing more than trouble making mischief.
He rolled back a little, adding that he had to "respect the internal debate in the United Kingdom" and it was not his role to intervene, which of course is exactly what he was doing. In this he was following the lead of his predecessor, Herman Van Rompuy who said there was now "much more sympathy" for European regions seeking EU membership.
Mr Tusk then very carefully added that the Scotland would not be automatically accepted in to the EU and that "formalities" and treaty agreements would still need to be adhered to, which is an understatement.
There are several dozen separation movements around the EU. Are these two bureaucrats now suggesting that all these separatist or autonomous regions can claim to be able to seek EU membership?
Will Spain be feeling empathy for Scotland's claims, when it has just crushed one independence bid in its own borders, and has at least a dozen or so separatist or autonomous regions claims: The Basques, Canary Islanders, Cantabria, Catalonia, Castile, Galicia, Leon, Navarre, Extremadura, Murcia, Aran Valley and Valencia .... plus one province, the Territory of Olivenza, which has people agitating for unification to Portugal.
I very much doubt if the Spanish, and other governments in the EU, where there are strong separatist movements, will be happy with these two politicians spouting off in support of separatist regions. The Basques in Spain and France, along with the Catalans will be falsely given hope of support that isn't actually there. The EU did very little to support the attempts of the Catalans to declare independence in 2017, and did even less to stop the Spanish government crushing it as 'traitors' and 'treasonous'.
Mr Tusk said at the time that "For the EU nothing changes. Spain remains our only interlocutor." ... his empathy was obviously not stirred on that occasion because he didn't have an interest is stirring up trouble in Spain. In fact not one international body backed the Catalans claims to independence, and all said that the matter was 'internal' and that all backed Spain holding its territorial integrity by constitutional means
So if Mrs Sturgeon raises the clans, and tries to organise an illegal referendum, she may find that Mr Tusks words, meant nothing of the sort ... the UK courts will say its illegal, and that will be that. Mr Tusk in the meantime, might want to reflect that his own country Poland, has a lot of disputes with the EU, that threaten imposition of sanctions on it by the EU.
Perhaps EU politicians should take a leaf out of Starfleet's prime directive and stop interfering in UK politics?
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Cue, delighted shouts from the diminutive leader of the devolved Scottish government .... cry freedom, and raise the clans!!
He also said that he feels "very Scottish, especially after Brexit".... which is very odd for a Pole to say. Except, all is not as it seems .... firstly Mr Tusk is no longer the chief negotiator, but that aside, what he's said is nothing more than trouble making mischief.
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He rolled back a little, adding that he had to "respect the internal debate in the United Kingdom" and it was not his role to intervene, which of course is exactly what he was doing. In this he was following the lead of his predecessor, Herman Van Rompuy who said there was now "much more sympathy" for European regions seeking EU membership.
Mr Tusk then very carefully added that the Scotland would not be automatically accepted in to the EU and that "formalities" and treaty agreements would still need to be adhered to, which is an understatement.
There are several dozen separation movements around the EU. Are these two bureaucrats now suggesting that all these separatist or autonomous regions can claim to be able to seek EU membership?
Will Spain be feeling empathy for Scotland's claims, when it has just crushed one independence bid in its own borders, and has at least a dozen or so separatist or autonomous regions claims: The Basques, Canary Islanders, Cantabria, Catalonia, Castile, Galicia, Leon, Navarre, Extremadura, Murcia, Aran Valley and Valencia .... plus one province, the Territory of Olivenza, which has people agitating for unification to Portugal.
I very much doubt if the Spanish, and other governments in the EU, where there are strong separatist movements, will be happy with these two politicians spouting off in support of separatist regions. The Basques in Spain and France, along with the Catalans will be falsely given hope of support that isn't actually there. The EU did very little to support the attempts of the Catalans to declare independence in 2017, and did even less to stop the Spanish government crushing it as 'traitors' and 'treasonous'.
Mr Tusk said at the time that "For the EU nothing changes. Spain remains our only interlocutor." ... his empathy was obviously not stirred on that occasion because he didn't have an interest is stirring up trouble in Spain. In fact not one international body backed the Catalans claims to independence, and all said that the matter was 'internal' and that all backed Spain holding its territorial integrity by constitutional means
So if Mrs Sturgeon raises the clans, and tries to organise an illegal referendum, she may find that Mr Tusks words, meant nothing of the sort ... the UK courts will say its illegal, and that will be that. Mr Tusk in the meantime, might want to reflect that his own country Poland, has a lot of disputes with the EU, that threaten imposition of sanctions on it by the EU.
Perhaps EU politicians should take a leaf out of Starfleet's prime directive and stop interfering in UK politics?
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