Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Eye Independence From UK to Rejoin EU

Leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have signed an agreement supporting self-determination and stronger European ties, in the most coordinated challenge yet to Westminster’s authority. The memorandum says each nation should decide its constitutional future in its own way and time. Scotland and Northern Ireland’s leaders called for future independence referendums, while Wales declined to set a timetable. The parties also cited Brexit’s economic costs and expressed a long-term ambition to rejoin the European Union, though political obstacles remain.