Western Europe: The Autumn of Separatism

... leads into a dead end. The formula “politics is a concentrated expression of economics” is relevant to the theme of European separatism. Seeking independence without serious economic levers is a road that leads into a dead end. This seemed to be the main ... ... crises in the Old World, the Scots chose to have a bird in the hand rather than two in the bush. All the more so because if Scotland became independent, the central government was not going to retain the pound as the national currency or hand over much ...