scotland and europe

[ghjiseppulavezzi]

Hello,
I need some informations for my study in france about scotland and european construction :
My study is about "Regionalist, autonomist and independist movement and european construction : comparative study, Scotland and Corsica ; 1960-2000".
Befor coming, i need to know :
The different kind of politics party in scotland, and their names.
The name of the politic press (very important !).
Thank you for helping me in my research !

Ghjiseppu

The major political parties (in order of current popularity) are:
the (Scottish) Labour Party. This is the same party as forms the UK government in London. They support some devolution of power to Scotland but essentially want to keep the UK intact with real power remaining in London.
The Scottish National Party. The SNP has a platform of independence for Scotland within the European Union. This would mean a fully functioning government for Scotland, no UK and full membership of the EU. The SNP also favours joining the Euro zone.
The (Scottish) Liberal Democrats. The Lib-Dems are a federalist party which wants the UK to continue to exist, but with a federal form of government.
The (Scottish) Conservative and Unionist Party. This is the most right wing of mainstream British political parties. They favour as much power as possible remaining in London and are generally anti-EU. Most of them still dream of a return to the days of Margaret Thatcher. Very anti-Euro.
The Scottish Socialist Party. Basically a one-man band who are strongly left wing. They tend to favour Scottish independence.
The Scottish Green party. Pro-independence ecology party.

A good source of information is the Scottish Politics pages website at www.alba.org.uk /

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