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The First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is going to start preparing for the separation from the United Kingdom in order to retain the right to independence after the June referendum, which approved the country’s exit from the EU, Reuters reports.

Most of the Scottish people are for maintaining membership in the bloc, which once again raised discussions on Scotland’s future as part of the United Kingdom.

Two years ago Scotland chose to stay within the UK and EU.

“If we find that our interest can't be protected in a UK context, independence must be one of those options and Scotland must have the right to consider that option. That's why we will take the preparatory steps to make sure it is an option open to the Scottish Parliament if the Scottish Parliament considers it necessary,” Sturgeon said.

She didn’t elaborate on what she meant by “the preparatory steps”, but noted that the unprecedented case with the exit means that all the options of further relations with the EU and UK are subject to consideration.

“The UK that we voted to stay part of in 2014, a UK within the EU, is fundamentally changing. The outlook for the UK is uncertainty, upheaval and unpredictability,” she said.

The June poll indicated that the Scottish people do not wish another referendum on independence: 44.7 per cent voted against, while 41.9 per cent supported the new plebiscite.

 

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