Brussels, 18/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - European Commission President José Manuel Barroso's statement on Sunday 16 February about it being “difficult - if not impossible” for an independent Scotland to be a member of the EU has not escaped the attention of Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond. Indeed, Salmond says that Barroso is bluffing.
As Scotland heads towards a referendum this autumn on its independence from the UK, Salmond says that it is not the place of an outgoing Commission...