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Thread #154773   Message #3640026
Posted By: Teribus
08-Jul-14 - 04:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: lets develop Scotland
Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
Still doesn't hold water Jim.

Article 48 of the Lisbon Treaty sub-para 4 states:

"The amendments shall enter into force after being ratified by all the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements."

And that independent Scotland is not likely to get.

Article 48 of the Lisbon Treaty sub-para 7 states:

"Any initiative taken by the European Council on the basis of the first or the second subparagraph shall be notified to the national Parliaments. If a national Parliament makes known its opposition within six months of the date of such notification, the decision referred to in the first or the second subparagraph shall not be adopted."