SCOTS are being urged to defy the UK’s pending exit from the EU and fight to rejoin it.
The call comes from the European Movement in Scotland (EMiS), the country’s leading pro-EU body, which is today launching its own campaign for the country to rejoin the EU as quickly as possible, regardless of its constitutional status.
Cortonavirus restrictions have forced the cancellation of planned street protests against Brexit but EMiS is urging members and supporters to mount protests wherever and however possible.
Convener Mark Lazarowicz said: “Whether Scotland becomes part of the EU again as an independent nation state, or through the UK as a whole, we know it will not happen overnight. But being a realist doesn’t mean we stop campaigning for our country to be part of that wider European project again.”
EMiS said they are united in this pledge: “We declare Scotland is a European country, embracing our common values of peace, democracy, human rights, equality, sustainability and solidarity. The clear wish of the great majority of the Scottish people is that Scotland should be within the European Union.
“We commit to working to bring this about, whatever Scotland’s constitutional status.”
EMiS added: “We are calling on as many as possible to share pictures of themselves displaying the EU stars in some form, accompanied by the hashtag #WeWillBeBack.”
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