- by now I was beginning to glaze over.
shame - I thnik it's really interesting.
unfortunately I think Scotland will vote no --- and we'll never know what would happened.
- by now I was beginning to glaze over.
Agree. Shame to miss their golden opportunity. Com'on :scot: 24 hours to change the world as we know it!...
unfortunately I think Scotland will vote no --- and we'll never know what would happened.
Shame to miss their golden opportunity.
There is, to be granted, an opportunity but there sure as hell ain't no gold!
I've just walked past a guy going to the polls with a "Westminster Scum" t-shirt on and I'm not quite sure I want to share his vision for Scotland.
I also thought that the purpose of the 10 year "wait" was to get finances in order as well as law.
And currently Scotland doesn't have any full finances, so has no Debt - GDP ratio or any of the other "qualifiers" for EU membership. So how many years will they require for that? They also have no banking regulator, or any of the other financial regulators necessary, in place - unless they are going to "contract" it out to the FSA, BoE etc.
I don't think EU membership is such a slam dunk as others do, but also I think the EU is likely to allow them in quicker than the 10years. But I can't see them letting them have the opt outs the rUK has. (And on that note - I assume Thatchers "rebate" would be up for discussion again......)
But the negotiation of terms would be very interesting. I would see the EU having the upper hand and Scotland being forced to adopt the Euro.
Why? Sweden didn't join the € when applying for membership
and currently the list is at 10 members without the €, with only Lithuania
intending to join.
Nope, it's primarily about the applicant member's system of law, although economic criteria form a part, especially when there are serious concerns about the economy of the applicant.
Austria (5), Finland(3) and Sweden(4) took less than half a decade to apply and join. Scotland could very easily be fast-tracked.
Phew - the Rabo Pro12 is safe for another 300 years!
The Guiness Pro12
Suspect you watch the English Premiership... (Where's the yawn smilie when one needs it?)Shows how interested I am. :biggrin:
Suspect you watch the English Premiership... (Where's the yawn smilie when one needs it?)
Sweden joined the EU in 1995, 4 years before the Euro as an accounting currency, and 7 years as a cash currency, existed.
Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/countries/index_en.htm