when scotland gets independence will the EU be generous with the euros?

Question

just to spite the english, as they did with Ireland?

Answer 1

Not likely Ireland is heavily subsidised by the E.U. as it has no industry to speak off, unlike Scotland which still has an industrial heartland despite Maggie Thatcher's attempt to wipe it out

Answer 2

It is not a question of the EU being generous with the euros, the infrastructure of Scotland will be assessed in the same manner as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania when they joined the EU.
If an area of a country qualifies for Objective 1 status, grants will be made as they have been made to countries that have recently joined the EU.
Anyone who has visited Spain since they joined must have noticed how the economic situation has improved and it is the economic well being of a country and its people that proves the case.
As for you thinking grants were made to the Republic of Ireland just to spite the English then you are wrong.
The Republic is an independent country within the EU in the same manner as the UK (England Scotland and Wales) and as such it depends solely on the national government to apply for Objective 1 grants for the impoverished regions of each member state.
To return to the question, England, Scotland and Wales would fare better under this policy if they were separate countries in their own right as the example of the three Scandinavian countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union.
As for the financial contribution, we pay 1.2% towards the budget out of our UK contribution of 17.5% VAT the remaining 16.3% goes to the Chancellor.
A further example is Finland where they also pay 1.2% out of their 22% VAT contribution the government retaining the remaining 20.8%.
So it is simply taking a choice of what you consider to be a fair economic principle.

Answer 3

Doubt it. Or are the Scots hoping for another handout? Anyway, independence is very unlikely, so it'd make a pleasant change if they just got on with it and stopped wingeing about lost historical battles. Next thing we'll know is that Blair will be apologising for battles fought those hundreds of years ago.

Answer 4

Trucker seems to forget that scotland has had another country deciding it's destiny for 300 years. Better to consider equalise's balanced viewpoint.
Scotland won't be part of the Eurozone right away and doesn't have to be if they don't want to. Look at Sweden and the UK. They never joined.

Answer 5

I'd much rather have Scotland as part of our united British community myself as an English person but I understand that some Scots feel differently. Isn't the EU sometimes the common enemy though?

Answer 6

lets hope this one never happens. i for one don't want anymore to do with the EU and they can stick their euro up their a..s and i say that as a Scot. if i have to choose between more involvement with EU dictator bas..ds and the English then rule Britannia

Answer 7

you really are a stupid sheep shagging haggis, how can you have independence when you will be dictated to by Germany and France, the only way they will be generous with there euros is for you lot to give up your Scottish Parliament and let them rule you from across the water. and when you lot realise you have made a big boo boo dont come crying back I'm sure northern Ireland,wales and England will do quite nicely with out you l

Answer 8

thats a bit of a lourel an' hardy question that matey.
how can scotland be independant if she is under european occupation, using foreign money on scottish soil......dont let em fool you kid, independance means 100% dominion of your own destiny, not europes destiny with scotland as her slaves.

Answer 9

Nah,
They lost their power when Heath and Thatcher signed the UK over to the French and Germans.

Answer 10

Scotland already has devolved powers and not much has changed