r/EuropeanFederalists • u/Inevitable-Push-8061 • 3d ago

Discussion Could Scotland Rejoin the EU Without Leaving the United Kingdom?

Greenland is not part of the EU, despite forming the Kingdom of Denmark together with EU member continental Denmark and the Faroe Islands. So, technically, Greenland and continental Denmark have equal status as constituent parts of the same Kingdom of Denmark, much like Scotland and England within the UK. Yet continental Denmark is an EU member state, while Greenland is not part of the EU. By that same logic, could Scotland use the Danish example to rejoin the EU without leaving the United Kingdom?

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u/UNSKIALz Northern Ireland 3d ago

This was floated by nationalists after brexit, but no. Not workable without a land border and Scotland being functionally independent

Burnham is working on Breturn though so fingers crossed there

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u/nbs-of-74 3d ago

Not without borders and control of goods between England and Scotland, and committing to use the euro, and having its own currency at time of joining, and, probably multiple other and's ?

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u/bigvalen 2d ago

Same as between Britain and Northern Ireland might be enough.

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u/Kaiser_Rick Poland 3d ago

Scotlan leavung the UK will be something like UK leaving eu, but like 100 times worse. Scotland is in UK for hundreds of years, their economies are so deeply intertwined that separating them (and, for instance, integrating into the EU economy) would be extremely difficult, if not altogether impossible.

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u/RavnHygge 3d ago

Greenland and The Faroes have completely different political arrangements with Denmark so no, not possible whilst Scotland is tied to England in the (dis)Union.

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u/Kesdo 1d ago

No!

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u/solongmusk 1d ago

Wouldn’t a European Federalist want all of Europe in said Federation, not just pick & choose bits in a way that would cause economic & trade friction across borders? Whether the UK rejoins the EU or its constituent parts join as four (or more) separate entities, all-in or all-out is the only practical proposition; attempting to have just part of the UK in the EU would be utterly unworkable & would only create eternal cost & stress for all involved.