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Scottish Parliament calls for second independence referendum

In Edinburgh, Scotland, the regional parliament has voted for a second independence referendum. MPs voted 64 to 54 for a government resolution to that effect.

“We are only two days away from losing our EU membership and all the rights that go with it,” said Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon by the Scottish National Party SNP. Britain wants this Friday leave the European Union, Sturgeon said that independence is now the only way for Scotland to remain part of Europe.

Sturgeon cannot force a referendum, however, which is dependent on the approval of the central government in London. The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has already made it clear, however, that he will not allow a second referendum. The question was clarified for an entire generation at the first referendum in 2014, Johnson justified his attitude. At that time, 55 percent of the Scots had voted against a split.

Sturgeon, on the other hand, believes that conditions have changed since then United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum-Referendum changed in 2016. At that time, the Scots voted against leaving the EU with a large majority, but were overruled by voters in England and Wales. Your country will therefore be torn out of the EU against his will, Sturgeon said.

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