nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20181005-152811-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 140910s2014||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20181005-152811-0 doi eng 342 23 Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich Author aut Scotland in the EU: Comment by DIMITRY KOCHENOV Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich Verfassungsblog 2014-09-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier the Union cannot be possibly expected to throw its weight behind ensuring that there is no choice for the nations seeking independence within Europe – it is not the Union’s realm. The contrary would amount to turning the EU into an instrument of blackmail of the emerging states by the existing state entities which is radically deprived of any purpose and is in strong contradiction with the values of democracy and the rule of law which the Union espouses. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/scotland-eu-comment-dimitry-kochenov-2/ raw object