Scotland's EU membership

1.4.2014

Question for written answer P-004016-14
to the Commission
Rule 117
George Lyon (ALDE)

In a recent answer to Written Question P-001676/2014, the Commission cited a number of other Written Questions in response to Part 2, which asked:

‘Could a territory which is negotiating secession from a Member State begin negotiations for EU membership before a final agreement on the terms and conditions of the secession is reached between the two separating countries?’.

However, none of the Written Questions cited contain any reference to whether or not a territory which is negotiating secession from a Member State can begin negotiations for EU membership before a final agreement on the terms and conditions of secession is reached between the two separating countries.

Could the Commission reconsider its response to this question and, bearing in mind that this was a priority question, could the Commission respond as quickly as possible?