At a virtual meeting with journalists from the Foreign Press Association in the UK, the nationalist leader expressed her opinion on the consequences of a hypothetical scenario in which British Prime Minister Boris Johnson activates Article 16 of the Protocol, which allows one of the parties to stop implementing aspects of the agreement and warned of the risk of unleashing a ‘trade war »With the European Union (EU).
Sturgeon admitted that she was “deeply concerned” about the consequences of the suspension of the mechanism that keeps the British province in the single European market for goods to avoid the physical border with the neighboring Republic of Ireland, an EU member.
In turn, he established border controls between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, leading to economic friction and political tensions.
“The EU has made very reasonable proposals to resolve some of the practical issues related to the application of the protocol, and instead of responsibly interacting with the goal of achieving a reasonable result, the government of Boris Johnson seems to be constantly trying to rekindle tensions, which seems to me to be motivated by political and ideological reasons. “Sturgeon said.
At the same time, he believed that the London executive branch “runs the risk of unleashing a trade war with the EU, which will not be in anyone’s interests.”
Scottish politicians said they hope that “common sense will finally prevail,” while “deeply concerned” about what might happen “in the coming weeks.”
Scottish politics also addressed the issue of Scottish independence and, declaring itself a “defender of democracy”, recalled that its victory in the last election was faked “on the basis” of a proposal that during the first half of this legislature – covid -19 to allow – The Scots should be able to decide whether they want to be independent or not, ”he stressed.
Recalling that in 2014 Scotland had already held an independence referendum, which won “no” to secession, Sturgeon noted that since then “the world has changed quite dramatically,” and factors such as Brexit have materialized “against his will” of the Scots.
In his opinion, the hypothetical referendum should be “democratic, constitutional and legal”, although he warned that “if Boris Johnson wants to deny democracy, at some point he will have to sue the Scottish parliament.”
