{"id":1336,"date":"2021-07-28T05:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:29:58","slug":"scotlands-second-independence-referendum-implications-and-opportunities-for-catalonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/scotlands-second-independence-referendum-implications-and-opportunities-for-catalonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s second independence referendum: implications and opportunities for Catalonia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The electoral victory of the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) on May 6th, 2021, may open the path for a new vote on Scotland\u2019s independence. In a post-Brexit context, European leaders and pro-European Union (EU) politicians positively perceive an independent Scotland integrated in the Union. While this solves one issue, collaterally it will create a new scenario of political uncertainty in Europe placing the question of self-determination of national minorities at the forefront of the EU&#8217;s agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Catalonia, some political figures perceived the renewed effort for Scotland\u2019s independence as an opportunity for pushing forward its own self-determination demands within the EU. However, a realist analysis of the matter and the interests of the involved actors prescribes more moderate expectations. Catalonia\u2019s strategy in this scenario should not be based on purely ideological and moral premises. Instead, Catalan institutions and political organisations should focus on Catalonia\u2019s national interest and carefully craft a path of action that allows them to take advantage from the triangulation between Scotland, the UK and the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"s1\">This paper will analyze the future scenario of a hypothetical second independence referendum in Scotland, exploring the interests and possible options for the Scottish government, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Spain and Catalonia.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/report-cgi-2-english-1.pdf\">Full report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The electoral victory of the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) on May 6th, 2021, may open the path for a new vote on Scotland\u2019s independence. In a post-Brexit context, European leaders and pro-European Union (EU) politicians positively perceive an independent Scotland integrated in the Union. While this solves one issue, collaterally it will create a new &#8230; <a title=\"Scotland\u2019s second independence referendum: implications and opportunities for Catalonia\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/scotlands-second-independence-referendum-implications-and-opportunities-for-catalonia\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scotland\u2019s second independence referendum: implications and opportunities for Catalonia\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,38,40],"tags":[],"tipus_publicacio":[73],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catalonia","category-democracy","category-europe","tipus_publicacio-reports","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-2"],"acf":{"document_pdf":1353,"disclaimer":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"tipus_publicacio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgi.erigin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipus_publicacio?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}