That is why we will propose a 'double lock', meaning that exit from the European Union would only be possible if all UK nations agreed.
"We will propose a 'double majority' rule – meaning that unless England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each vote to leave the EU, as well as the UK as a whole, Britain would remain a member state".
Salmond could choose a referendum date, introduce votes for 16- and 17-year-olds, and propose the question.
We don't yet know what the rest of Europe is going to propose.
A spokesman for Almunia told the Guardian that after discussions with the UK authorities, he would "propose to the college of commissioners to take a positive decision and in principle the decision should be taken during this mandate of the commission in October".
The government will today propose the biggest overhaul of child maintenance for a decade, arguing that the current system encourages conflict between parents.
We'll propose a double majority meaning that exit from the EU would only be possible if all four nations agreed to that, something that would ensure that Scotland couldn't be forced out of the EU against our will".
The expansion of Russian state media and its increasingly anti-Western content has prompted European Union lawmakers to propose creating a joint Russian-language television channel to provide an alternative source of information.
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Q: If a future chancellor were to propose a currency union, would there have to be a referendum?
Campbell said he expected the party's general election manifesto for 2015 would propose a new federal structure for the UK, as he unveiled a detailed plan to give the Scottish parliament far greater financial and political freedoms within the UK, as the Scottish Lib Dems' alternative to full independence.
