Independent Scotland would face £500 million EU bill

On the 26 June 2014, UK former prime minister Gordon Brown said during a public meeting in the European Parliament that an independent Scotland would pay an extra £500 million a year to stay in the European Union.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Scottish independence: Alex Salmond outlines EU potential http://www.europeansources.info/record/scottish-independence-alex-salmond-outlines-eu-potential/

United Kingdom, Scotland: The Scottish Government: Scotland in the European Union, November 2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/scotland-in-the-european-union/

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