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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
I see Herr Juncker's office has now clarified that he wasn't at any stage referencing Scotland.
"New European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker was not referring to Scotland when he said there would be no new members of the EU in the next five years, BBC Scotland has learned.
Opponents of Scottish independence had seized on his remarks to the European Parliament to back their campaign
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They said it proved that, if Scotland were to vote to leave the UK, it would not get back into the EU before 2019.
But a spokeswoman confirmed that he was talking about countries outside the EU." |
He was referring to comments he made today. Not the comments he made about Scotland not getting fast-track entry. The SNP are already spinning it to seem that way but they're two different issues.