While an independent Scotland would undoubtedly be able to join the EU, the timing and terms of membership remain uncertain

One of the most controversial arguments in the context of Scotland’s referendum on independence in September 2014is the issue of whether an independent Scotland could make a seamless transition to EU membership and under what terms it would be able to join.

Daniel Kenealy writes that while the issue has been the subject of bitter disagreements between the Yes and No campaigns, the reality is that most of the key uncertainties are simply impossible to resolve until after the referendum.

• Primary Source

ESO: Scottish independence referendum, 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/scottish-independence-referendum-2014/

ESO: Background information: Scotland's European future http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-scotlands-european-future/

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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