{"id":2448,"date":"2022-07-01T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2022-07-01T16:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:34:21","slug":"the-worlds-eyes-are-on-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/the-worlds-eyes-are-on-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s eyes are on Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has now published the Referendum Bill and set the Scottish independence referendum date for 19 October 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Article Below from yes.scot)<\/strong><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yes.scot\/the-worlds-eyes-are-on-scotland\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.yes.scot\/the-worlds-eyes-are-on-scotland\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After pro-independence parties won a record result in the 2021 election, there is a clear mandate for an independence referendum.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our video below setting out the facts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Scottish Tory leader: \u201ca vote for the SNP is a vote for another independence referendum\u201d<br \/>2&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Scotland votes for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indyref2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indyref2<\/a>.<br \/>3&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Another independence referendum.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f3f4;&#xe0067;&#xe0062;&#xe0073;&#xe0063;&#xe0074;&#xe007f; Scotland will have a choice. Pledge your support at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkLETLnJTB\">https:\/\/t.co\/bkLETLnJTB<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iorBoMRpvk\">pic.twitter.com\/iorBoMRpvk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yes (@YesScot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YesScot\/status\/1541736744793608194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>As Scotland readies itself to choose its own future, media from across Europe and the world have their eyes on Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s increasingly clear that the world recognises Scotland\u2019s clear mandate for a referendum \u2013 and we\u2019ve pulled together a selection of international coverage here.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f1eb;&#x1f1f7; <strong>France<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>France\u2019s biggest newspaper Le Monde has published this article \u2013 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/international\/article\/2022\/06\/29\/edinburgh-defies-london-again-on-scottish-independence_5988357_4.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">you can read it here<\/a><\/strong>, in French or in English.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/international\/article\/2022\/06\/29\/edinburgh-defies-london-again-on-scottish-independence_5988357_4.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scottishpoliticsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lemonde-010722.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1652\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f1e6;&#x1f1f9; <strong>Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Austrian broadsheet newspaper Die Presse says \u201cBoris Johnson\u2019s Conservative British government tore Scotland out of the Commonwealth against its will and led the rest of Britain into a deep crisis\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diepresse.com\/6152635\/schottland-soll-im-oktober-2023-ueber-unabhaengigkeit-abstimmen?from=rss\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read the article here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f1e9;&#x1f1ea; <strong>Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s English-language news service Deutsche Welle also published an article about the October 2023 referendum. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/scotlands-sturgeon-proposes-independence-referendum-in-2023\/a-62286989\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read it here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f1ee;&#x1f1f9; <strong>Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italian public broadcaster RAI News also covered the announcement, and talked about how Scotland being dragged out of the EU justifies a fresh independence referendum. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainews.it\/articoli\/2022\/06\/la-scozia-ci-riprova-e-chiede-un-referendum-sullindipendenza-nel-2023-f70985bd-6ad1-483e-9f2b-553b0b57077f.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the article.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f1ea;&#x1f1f8; <strong>Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s major broadsheet newspaper El Pais also covered Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s referendum date announcement, and reported the \u201clandslide victory\u201d in the 2021 Scottish election. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/internacional\/2022-06-28\/sturgeon-anuncia-un-nuevo-referendum-de-independencia-en-escocia-para-el-19-de-octubre-de-2023.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the article.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f1e6;&#x1f1fa; <strong>Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s public broadcaster ABC News has also reported on the referendum announcement and stressed \u201cthere is a majority for a new independence vote\u201d. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-06-29\/scottish-leader-calls-for-new-independence-vote-next-year\/101191808\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the article here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; <strong>United States of America<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the USA\u2019s biggest and oldest newspapers, The Washington Post, reports that \u201cmuch has changed in recent years, including Britain\u2019s departure from the European Union. The majority of Scots voted to stay in the bloc.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/06\/28\/scotlands-leader-seeks-new-independence-vote-october-2023\/\">Read the article.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has now published the Referendum Bill and set the Scottish independence referendum date for 19 October 2023. (Article Below from yes.scot) Source: https:\/\/www.yes.scot\/the-worlds-eyes-are-on-scotland\/ After pro-independence parties won a record result in the 2021 election, there is a clear mandate for an independence referendum. Watch our video below setting out the facts. 1&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Scottish Tory leader: \u201ca vote for the SNP is a vote for another independence referendum\u201d2&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Scotland votes for #indyref2.3&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Another independence referendum. &#x1f3f4;&#xe0067;&#xe0062;&#xe0073;&#xe0063;&#xe0074;&#xe007f; Scotland will have a choice. Pledge your support at https:\/\/t.co\/bkLETLnJTB. pic.twitter.com\/iorBoMRpvk&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions\/2449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}