SPAIN have insisted they will not block an independent Scotland becoming a member of the EU. Uk ministers had claimed Madrid was considering a veto because of fears that Scottish independence would encourage the Catalan and Basque OPINION Garcia-Margallo separatist movements in Spain. But Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said it would not raise objections to Scotland joining the EU. Garcia-Margallo said: "If in the UK, both parties agree that this is consistent with their constitutional order, Spain would have nothing to say. This does not affect us. "The constitutional arrangements in Britain is one and in Spain another. It is up to them." Spain has previously refused to recognise Kosovo as an independent state. The SNP government have insisted that Scotland would be able to join the EU following a "yes" vote in a referendum. A spokesman for external affairs secretary Fiona Hyslop accused anti-independence parties of scaremongering. He added: "The people of Scotland are EU citizens. "That will not change upon independence."
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