Scotland WITHIN the United Kingdom? Or the United Kingdom WITHOUT Scotland?

Mittwoch 25.10.2023, 19:00 - 20:30, online

In the referendum on Scottish independence held in 2014, the Scottish clearly rejected the idea of their country becoming an independent country by 55.3% to 44.7%. Nevertheless, for the Scottish National Party, who dream of Scotland as a separate sovereign state, if possible within the European Union, that disappointing result is still not the end of the story. The demands for a second referendum – “IndyRef2” – have not dwindled, even though the opinion polls give a relatively unclear picture of what might happen in the Scottish people had a second chance.

To provide up-to-date background information on this question, we have invited two guest speakers: Kirsty Hughes from the Scottish Centre on European Relations and Mark Lazarowicz, a British lawyer who was a Labour MP in the Westminster government for many years to throw some light on the various aspects of this issue, such as: Could there be a second referendum? What would the consequences be for the United Kingdom? Could Scotland become a member state of the European Union?

The online event is organized by Europe Direct Dortmund and the Anglo-German-Association in Auslandsgesellschaft.de.

Zoom-Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81189433085?pwd=PKuOHeT0JnwxfJXAbgGcN9s05YWaa3.1

Meeting-ID: 811 8943 3085
Kenncode: 727375