Breakaway Scotland’s return to EU would be ‘relatively speedy’ – German MEP

‘If Scotland were to break away from the UK as a result of a referendum, the process of it rejoining the European Union could be “relatively speedy,” MEP Elmar Brok says, adding the scenario is now viewed as less problematic by the EU post-Brexit.
Brok, a member of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and the former head of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said the EU’s position on the Scottish independence has softened as a result of Brexit and the bloc wants to have “positive relations” with it in case of the UK’s break-up.
“Scotland has our sympathy,” he told BBC Scotland, referring to the fact that 62 percent of Scots voted in favor of staying in the union in 2016 referendum.
“If there is a possibility that the United Kingdom breaks – which we do not hope – then I think we should have a positive relationship with Scotland to find solutions,” he added.’
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