The leaders of European heavyweights Germany, Italy and France will huddle later Monday to discuss a strategy to handle Britain’s exit, trying to hone a common message that negotiations need to get underway quickly on the exit so as not to continue the uncertainty.
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Sturgeon said: ‘The issue you are talking about is would there have to be a legislative consent motion or motions for the legislation that extricates the United Kingdom from the European Union?
Scottish lawmakers might be able to derail Britain’s departure by withholding “legislative consent”, she said. Longtime critic of the EU, Coryn backed “remain” in Europe but some party members accuse him of failing to rally party supporters and may mount a bid to unseat him.
The SNP leader said she is not asking Parliament for the green light for an independence referendum but for a mandate “to explore the options that exist” for maintaining Scotland’s relationship with the EU.
She is seeking cross-party backing from MSPs to pursue talks aimed at protecting Scotland’s place in the European Union after 62% of Scots voted to Remain in the bloc.
“I want my country to be internationalist, cooperative, ecological, fair, European – and the people of Scotland along with the people of Northern Ireland and the people of London and lots and lots of people in Wales and England also voted to remain within our family of nations”.
“I’m very aware that this is a long process ahead of us, it’s likely to be a hard and challenging process, but I’m determined that we take every possible step to protect Scotland’s interests at every stage of it”.
She said decision-making power resides exclusively in the British Parliament, which is expected to abide by the results of the referendum, which showed 52 percent of British voters wanted out.
But British Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokeswoman said on Monday: “There was a legal, fair and decisive referendum almost 2 years ago”. Heidi Alexander, the party’s health secretary, wrote in her resignation letter that she does not believe Corbyn will hold the Conservative Party accountable at a time when the United Kingdom needs it the most.
In a statement released late Sunday, Corbyn said he would not resign and would run in any new leadership contest.
British and European leaders appealed for calm on Monday as concern over the U.K.’s exit from the European Union and its deepening political crisis triggered further gyrations in financial markets and hit confidence in the economy.
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In Rome, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Britain and the European Union to manage their divorce responsibly for the sake of global markets and citizens.
