‘Scotland Still Loves EU’: Must-See Photos From the Scots’ Massive Brexit Protests (Multimedia)
Protesters rallied outside the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday and last Friday after the European Union referendum showed that most Scots want to stay in. Meanwhile, Scottish politicians are trying to deliver on their people's wishes.Protests took place outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Wednesday and last Friday after last week’s referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union or stay in. The results showed that a resounding 68 percent of Scotland’s voters want to stay — contrary to the rest of the United Kingdom.
In the wake of the Brexit vote, Scottish politicians are doing what they can to deliver on their people’s wishes. Scotland’s leader, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, is in Brussels laying the groundwork for an independent Scotland to stay in the EU as the rest of the U.K. breaks off.
Here’s an emotional speech by a Scottish member of the European Parliament given earlier this week, in which he asks the EU not to “let Scotland down”:
Scroll through two exclusive Evrybit stories composed from photographs taken by Martin Farías Zúñiga and Eileen Karmy:
— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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