Spain drops plan to impose veto if Scotland tries to join EU

Spain’s foreign minister, Alfonso Dastis, says a UK breakup would not be welcome.Spain has said it would not veto an attempt by an independent Scotland to join the EU, in a boost to Nicola Sturgeon’s campaign for a second independence referendum and the clearest sign yet that Brexit has softened Madrid’s longstanding opposition.Alfonso Dastis, the Spanish foreign minister, made it clear that the government would not block an independent Scotland’s EU hopes, although he st