2014-09-18 6:17
Referendum in Scotland. Recent polls
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Today the Scots to decide whether their country after more than 300 years, is to become an independent state or should remain in the United Kingdom. In ost countries would like to say – writes Reuters. Two recent surveys, published a few hours before the vote, give six percentage points lead opponents of independence. There are 53 per cent.
Update 15:44
Polling stations in each of the 32 districts polling stations opened doors to nearly 4.4 million eligible voters Scots at the age of 16 years at 7 o’clock local time (8 am Polish). To participate in the referendum registered 97 percent. the people of Scotland, which is a historical precedent; expected to be very high turnout – up to 93 percent.
In the historic plebiscite vote also Poles living in Scotland, who, like the Scots themselves are very divided on the independence aspirations of the country. According to estimates in Scotland now lives as much as about 60 thousand. Poles. The same data shows that more than half of them – approx. 33 thousand. – Register with the Electoral Commission (Electoral Commission) and may vote in a referendum.
The result of the plebiscite, which will end at. 22 (23 Polish time), likely to be announced early in the morning on Friday, September 19. Votes will be counted immediately after the polls closed and transferred to check in Edinburgh. In turn, the voices of the distant islands will be transported to the capital ships and helicopters. Television stations and public opinion research centers announced that it will exit poll surveys.The possible secession of Scotland would be for the United Kingdom historic blow, comparable only with the detachment of Ireland in 1922. If Scots vote in Thursday’s referendum for independence, their country actually get it only on 24 March 2016, because for nearly half a year, work will take a constitutional convention. It will have to decide, inter alia, the shape of an independent legal system of Scotland and its currency, and effectively carry out secession negotiations with London, on at least the height of the British debt that the government in Edinburgh would have to take over.
The world does not want an independent Scotland
Due to their own interests and geopolitical reasons the great powers from Beijing to Washington and from Moscow to Delhi
Among the partners of Great Britain in the European Union, Germany openly stated that they would prefer that the United Kingdom is not divided. Other EU countries, especially Spain, Belgium and Italy, are hoping that the Scottish vote will not create or do not magnify the problem of their own national cohesion.
Practically the only group in the world to wish Scots sovereignty, the nations without their own separate states – the Catalans in Spain, the people of Kashmir in India and Kurds, scattered in Turkey, Iraq and Iran.
The regional government of Catalonia wants to conduct its own non-binding referendum on independence on November 9, but Mariano Rajoy Spanish prime minister called on Wednesday the plans, as well as the Scottish referendum,
United States have made it clear that they want the United Kingdom remained strong and united partner. President Barack Obama has stipulated, however, that when it comes to the independence of Scotland, the choice is the same Scots.
The representatives of the defense industry in the United States are afraid of complications in collaboration with an independent Scotland, which builds and British aircraft in which he is the only British submarine base nuclear-powered.
American diplomats fear that the disintegration of the United Kingdom would weaken its two parts economically and would make the output of Britain from the European Union would be more likely, which in turn would weaken the influence of Washington in the EU. If Scotland decides to go his own way, Washington will want to see it in the EU and NATO – says Fiona Hill, Specialist. European think-tank Brookings Institution.
Disintegration? God forbid!
Also outside the West surprisingly few countries would like to see the disintegration of the United Kingdom. One would expect that India – was a British colony, which gained independence in 1947 – they sympathized with the Scots.
But the new chief of Indian diplomacy Sushma Swaraj, questioned Sept. 8 at a press conference about a possible breakup of the former colonial power , said:
Secession and independence aspirations are for Russia too sensitive a matter to be encouraged, so the Kremlin is of the opinion that the future of Scotland is an internal matter for the British. President Vladimir Putin, when asked about the Scottish referendum in January, before the annexation of Crimea by Russia, he said:
– It’s not our business. This is an internal problem of the UK. I think that every nation has the right to self-determination and that this erosion of national sovereignty in the context of a united Europe is facilitated. However, remaining in one strong state has its own advantages and should not forget that .
China, which rejects external intervention in its rule in Tibet or in relations with Taiwan, watching Scotland with some surprise and nervousness. Officially, Beijing did not take a particular stance, but the log
Taiwan, which China has consistently say that is part of the matrix, closely watching developments in Scotland. Many Taiwanese would like a formal declaration of independence of their island.
– This is a demonstration of a democratic referendum and procedures – said the representative of the Taiwanese opposition Democratic Progressive Party, adding that it is a great value when residents some places may decide on its future.
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