Even the French are having a go. But not really.
It'll be interesting if Scotland's succession from Britain triggers unrest from other small countries throughout the EU.
""It is the Scots who have succeeded most in preserving the British idea of fairness and compassion in terms of state support and intervention. Ironically, it is England, since the 1980s, which has embarked on a separate journey."
BBC News - Why Paris doesn't want a Scottish Yes
It'll be interesting if Scotland's succession from Britain triggers unrest from other small countries throughout the EU.
""It is the Scots who have succeeded most in preserving the British idea of fairness and compassion in terms of state support and intervention. Ironically, it is England, since the 1980s, which has embarked on a separate journey."
BBC News - Why Paris doesn't want a Scottish Yes
Nothing unites different nations quite like mutual enemies. But the "Auld Alliance" between Scotland and France - both historic rivals of England - doesn't mean that the French government favours Scottish independence. Far from it.
There is a little corner of France that will be forever Scotland, and it lies in rural obscurity somewhere between Orleans and Bourges.
The town of Aubigny-sur-Nere is an oddity because for 400 years it belonged to a branch of the Stuarts, the Scottish royal house.
In 1422, seven years after Agincourt, a certain John Stuart of Darnley sailed to France at the head of a small army.
He helped the French king in his fight against the English, and was rewarded with the lordship of Aubigny. The chateau remained in Scottish hands till the Revolution.
Today in Aubigny they recall the connection with an annual Scottish festival that takes place on 14 July, France's national day.
There is a little corner of France that will be forever Scotland, and it lies in rural obscurity somewhere between Orleans and Bourges.
The town of Aubigny-sur-Nere is an oddity because for 400 years it belonged to a branch of the Stuarts, the Scottish royal house.
In 1422, seven years after Agincourt, a certain John Stuart of Darnley sailed to France at the head of a small army.
He helped the French king in his fight against the English, and was rewarded with the lordship of Aubigny. The chateau remained in Scottish hands till the Revolution.
Today in Aubigny they recall the connection with an annual Scottish festival that takes place on 14 July, France's national day.
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