Sturgeon to meet EU leaders in drive to keep Scotland in bloc

Most Scots voted to remain in the EU in last Thursday's referendum


Reuters June 28, 2016
The European Union, the Union Jack, Gibraltarian and Spanish flags are seen flying, on Gibraltar's border with Spain (rear), from the Gibraltar International Airport in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, June 27, 2016, after Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU Brexit referendum. PHOTO: REUTERS

EDINBURGH: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will meet EU leaders in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss possible ways for Scotland to remain in the bloc after the United Kingdom as a whole voted to leave, she told the Scottish parliament on Tuesday.

Sturgeon said she would meet European Parliament President Martin Schulz and planned to set out Scotland's position directly to the European Commission.

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Most Scots voted to remain in the EU in last Thursday's referendum.

Denouncing what she described as a vacuum of leadership in London, Sturgeon said three months of political drift until a successor to Prime Minister David Cameron is in place will further damage the UK economy.

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