A SPANISH MEP has expressed sympathy towards Scotland rejoining the European Union (EU).
Domenec Ruiz Devesa appeared on The National's Our Friends in Europe podcast with columnist Assa Samake-Roman
Domenec Ruiz Devesa is a Spanish MEP and is part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. He is also president of the Union of European Federalists, a movement which promotes the creation of a European federal state based on the idea of unity in diversity.In the 2016 Brexit referendum, Scotland voted by 62% to remain in the EU, compared to the UK’s overall remain vote of 46.6%.
Devesa also said he could see “a new referendum about being part of the UK” in the future, “because the terms of the contract have changed”.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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