Don't think we've done this.
BBC News - Scottish independence: Barroso says joining EU would be 'difficult'
I don't buy that other states would block Scotland joining the EU, but it doesn't look like being the automatic process that Salmond promises. If nothing else, applying for membership will take some time, and new members are meant to join the Euro, something else the SNP thinks isn't an issue despite not having asked anybody.
So, looking good for the SNP then.
BBC News - Scottish independence: Barroso says joining EU would be 'difficult'
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said it would be "extremely difficult, if not impossible" for an independent Scotland to join the European Union.
Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr he said an independent Scotland would have to apply for membership and get the approval of all current member states.
In his interview with Andrew Marr, Mr Barroso said: "In case there is a new country, a new state, coming out of a current member state it will have to apply."
He said it was important that "accession to the European Union will have to be approved by all other member states of the European Union."
He went on: "Of course it will be extremely difficult to get the approval of all the other member states to have a new member coming from one member state."
Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr he said an independent Scotland would have to apply for membership and get the approval of all current member states.
In his interview with Andrew Marr, Mr Barroso said: "In case there is a new country, a new state, coming out of a current member state it will have to apply."
He said it was important that "accession to the European Union will have to be approved by all other member states of the European Union."
He went on: "Of course it will be extremely difficult to get the approval of all the other member states to have a new member coming from one member state."
So, looking good for the SNP then.
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