The real importance of Scottish independence following hard on that of Catalonia is that it will transform the EU. A raft of small, dynamic new members could end the dominance of the bigger states and replace the EU’s current austerity with pro-growth policies. A new Europe of the regions and nations would emerge as a global progressive alternative to Donald Trump’s aggressive American nativism or the isolationist lunacy of a Tory hard Brexit.

George Kerevan, The National, 05.02.2017

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