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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Scotland, Wales, N Ireland leaders claim right to leave UK & join EU

Leaders of the main Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh nationalist parties at a meeting on Monday declared they had a right to choose whether to stay in the UK, with all three seeing their future as nations within the European Union.

The Scottish National Party (SNP), Plaid Cymru in Wales and the pro-Irish unity Sinn Fein want to break away from the UK, although under different timelines and conditions.

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