Despite the defeat in the 2014 referendum, militants in favor of “yes” with the break with the United Kingdom are still active in Scotland. Photo: AFP
Home Rule Head of Scottish Government, Nicola Sturgeon, has launched a new campaign for independence of that British nation, presenting the first of a series of documents that beg for a break with the United Kingdom.
“After all that has happened, Brexit, COVID, (British Prime Minister) Boris Johnson, the time has come to present a different and better viewr, ”Sturgeon said at a press conference in Edinburgh.
“It is time to talk about independence”, added the leader of the SNP independence party, believing that she has “an indisputable democratic mandate” in this regard after her party’s victory in the 2021 regional elections.
The head of the Scottish Home Rule government, Nicola Sturgeon, wants to organize a new referendum to break with the UK. Photo: AFP
Sturgeon wants to organize a new one self-determination referendum in Scotland by 2023despite the refusal of the London government, which must authorize it, and after an initial consultation held in 2014 in which 55% of voters refused independence.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) argues that Brexit, which a majority of Scots opposed in 2016, has changed the situation and that now the nation must be able to join the European Union as an independent state.
“Brexit has taken us out of the EU and the single market against our will, with enormous damage to trade, living conditions and public services,” he said.
“At this pivotal time … we are still tied to a British economic and social model that limits us disappointing economic and social performanceWho are likely to get worse rather than improve outside the European Union? “He asked.
Nicola Sturgeon has indicated the crisis that Boris Johnson is going through as a reason for calling a new referendum. Photo: REUTERS
Or do we look with hope and optimism and take inspiration from comparable countries across Europe?
The first in a list of papers released on Tuesday, a “white paper” analyzing the performance of ten European countries such as Ireland, Switzerland or Belgium, shows that they are “more prosperous, fairer and more productive than the UK. “. stressed the leader of independence.
“Why not Scotland?”, A nation with abundant energy resources, an important agri-food industry and a rich natural heritage, he insisted.
Other documents will follow in the coming months, on money, public finance, social security, trade, defense, security and EU membership.
Johnson, who has the final say on whether or not to authorize a new self-determination referendum, strongly opposes it for him to consider such a question can only occur “once in a generation”.
But Sturgeon denounced that his “government does not respect democracy”, considering that the SNP’s election victory last year shows that the Scots support his pro-sovereignty agenda.
“We have a prime minister with no democratic authority in Scotland and no moral authority anywhere in the UK,” he added, referring to the multiple scandals surrounding Johnsonwhich also faces a rebellion in its own conservative ranks.
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