- Title: No deal Brexit "a very significant risk" - Scotland's Sturgeon
- Date: 18th September 2019
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 18, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE AT GERMAN COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON, SAYING: "It is very difficult at this point to see how (British Prime Minister) Boris Johnson manages to strike a deal with the European Union that will satisfy the European Union and also be capable of a majority in the House of Commons. This is why a no deal Brexit cannot be ruled out and remains a very significant risk." STURGEON SEEN IN MIRROR PHOTOGRAPHERS/ STURGEON SEEN IN MIRROR (SOUNDBITE) (English) SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON, SAYING: "My party will continue to do everything we can to avert Brexit and certainly avert a no deal Brexit, and we hope Scotland will remain part of the European Union for many years to come". CAMERAS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON, SAYING: "I think, a general election in the UK is inevitable or as close to inevitable as it's possible to be and that general election will take place at some point over the next few months." STURGEON'S HANDS STURGEON SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON, SAYING: "My position is that Scotland should reconsider the issue of independence. I have proposed that Scotland would have another referendum on independence over the course of next year in order to give us the option of seeking to be an independent member of the European Union rather than being taken out of the European Union when the vast majority of people in Scotland don't support that option." MEDIA REPORTER TYPING ON LAPTOP (SOUNDBITE) (English) SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON, SAYING: "I would hope if that request (for extension) is made that the EU will agree to it. Boris Johnson desperately wants to blame the EU for a no deal Brexit and I think the wiser course - if I can say that very respectfully - would be for the EU not to allow him the opportunity to do that. I think an extension is preferable to a no deal exit. So if that request comes I very much hope that the EU Council will agree to it." STURGEON SPEAKING JOURNALISTS LISTENING VARIOUS OF STURGEON LEAVING
- Embargoed: 2nd October 2019 09:43
- Keywords: Nicola Sturgeon Brexit independence European Union Britain no deal Scottish Scotland
- Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
- City: BERLIN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
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- Story Text: There is still a big risk of Britain crashing out of the European Union without reaching a deal with the bloc, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday (September 18).
"It is very difficult at this point to see how (British Prime Minister) Boris Johnson manages to strike a deal with the European Union that will satisfy the European Union and also be capable of a majority in the House of Commons," Sturgeon said on a trip to Berlin to build ties with the German government.
"This is why a no deal Brexit cannot be ruled out and remains a very significant risk," she added.
Sturgeon said her Scottish National Party (SNP) would do everything it could to avert Brexit "and certainly avert a no deal Brexit, and we hope Scotland will remain part of the European Union for many years to come".
But she added that an extension was preferable to a no-deal exit. She said a general election in Britain in the coming months was inevitable or as close to inevitable as possible.
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