Motion · S4M-05425 · 21 Jan 2013
EU Co-equal Successor States
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the opinion of Professor David Scheffer, the Harvard and Oxford-educated American international lawyer and academic, that both Scotland and the rest of the UK will become “co-equal successor states” to the EU in the event of Scotland regaining independence; considers the contributions of such leading authorities as Professor Scheffer, whose posts have included Special Advisor to Madeleine Albright at the United Nations, first US Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues under Bill Clinton’s administration and lecturer at North Western University School of Law, to be extremely valuable in helping the Scottish electorate reach an informed decision in the run-up to the independence referendum; hopes that the professor’s contribution will both reassure and be welcomed by those who are concerned about whether or not Scotland would have to reapply to join the EU after independence, and considers the main threat to Scotland’s continuing membership of the EU to come from Westminster, where factions of MPs on both the Conservative and Labour benches are reported to be pressing their leaders for an in-out EU referendum for the UK.
Supporters (17)
- Colin Beattie Scottish National Party 22 Jan 2013
- Jim Eadie 22 Jan 2013
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 22 Jan 2013
- Bill Kidd 22 Jan 2013
- Richard Lyle 22 Jan 2013
- John Mason 22 Jan 2013
- Gil Paterson 22 Jan 2013
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 22 Jan 2013
- Christine Grahame 23 Jan 2013
- Colin Keir 23 Jan 2013
- Dave Thompson 23 Jan 2013
- Willie Coffey 24 Jan 2013
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 24 Jan 2013
- John Finnie 25 Jan 2013
- Mike MacKenzie 25 Jan 2013
- Nigel Don 29 Jan 2013
- Chic Brodie 12 Feb 2013
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.