Bartosz Raubo @braubo On the 18th of September, over 4 million of Scotland’s residents will vote to decide whether the country should secede from the United Kingdom to which it has been bound for over three centuries and forge its …
The ‘domino effect’ from Scotland’s referendum is increasing demands for independence in Italian regions
Eve Hepburn is Senior Lecturer in Politics in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. While the independence movements in Scotland and Catalonia have received substantial attention, other countries across Europe are also facing …
The rejection of the euro by Scottish National Party
James Stafford is Commissioning Editor of ‘Renewal: a Journal of Social Democracy’. He is also a PhD candidate in History at the University of Cambridge. The Scottish National Party (SNP) have advocated the creation of a formal currency union between …
Independent Scotland
Norman Bonney is emeritus professor at Edinburgh Napier University. His recent publications are listed here and he tweets from @NormanBonne Scotland will hold an independence referendum on 18 September, but what would actually happen if voters opted to back independence from the UK? Norman …
The Spanish government and Catalonia
In April, the Spanish parliament rejected a request by Catalan authorities to hold a referendum on Catalonia’s independence from Spain, which had been proposed for November this year. Diego Muro and Martijn Vlaskamp argue that the Spanish government requires a more positive message for …
Scottish independence a ‘domino effect’
Scotland is due to hold a referendum on independence from the UK on 18 September. Luis Moreno writes on the European dimension to the referendum, noting that Scotland has a more pro-EU outlook than the rest of the country. He argues that …