Blow: Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, whose claims Scotland would not have to apply to join groups such as the EU are sounding increasingly unlikely (file picture) If Scotland voted for independence it could have to re-apply to a whole host of international organisations including the EU and the World Bank, laywers said. It would also have to renegotiate 14,000 international treaties, according to legal advice commissioned by Whitehall. The report is a huge blow to Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, whose claims Scotland would not have to apply to join groups such as the EU are sounding increasingly unlikely.
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Scotland would have to re-apply to organisations including EU
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Remainder of UK would continue to have same international powers
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Report is 'huge blow' to Alex Salmond
The legal advice concludes that Scotland would become a ‘new state’ while the remaining @placeholder would be considered a ‘continuing state’.