How would Scottish independence affect the EU?

Video caption, An independent Scotland would have to renegotiate membership terms with the EU, the 大象传媒 Europe editor Gavin Hewitt reports.
  • Author, Gavin Hewitt
  • Role, Chief correspondent

Under EU rules an independent Scotland would have to reapply for EU membership - and that would be hard. The EU admits it would be in uncharted waters.

A referendum on Scottish independence is scheduled for the autumn of 2014.

My video report from Brussels looks at what is at stake.