The EU must welcome an independent Scotland | Letter

More than 170 cultural figures from all EU member states and UK nations call on EU leaders to guarantee Scotland's place in the bloc should it vote to separate from the UK

Dear heads of state and government of the EU, president of the European council, president and members of the European parliament, president and members of the commission,

We are Europeans from across the continent and around the world. Naturally, we disagree about many things. But we all agree on this: we want the people of Scotland to know that Europeans everywhere would welcome them back in the European Union if this is their democratic wish.