title: eu finland can help settlement of syria conflict iran parliament speaker
text: foreign policy scotlands secretary of state david mundell photo by afp 
  scottish secretary of state david mundell has warned about the consequences of the uks withdrawal from the european union eu saying brexit would cut access to the single market 
  mundell told members of the scottish parliament on thursday that neither scotland nor any other part of the uk was going to get a special deal during the negotiations with the eu 
  so there are very specific issues to specific industries but there wont be special deals and its absolutely wrong to characterize a suggestion that certain areas of the country will get a special deal and scotland will not he said 
  i accept on one level if we are leaving the eu then essentially we are leaving the single market but access to the single market can i think continue in a way that doesnt involve tariffs or barriers the secretary continued 
  british and scottish officials have long been engaged in a war of words over the brexit process with scotland asking for an equal role in the negotiations 
  during an eu referendum on june  scotland voted  percent to  percent to remain in the member bloc but britons voted to leave  percent to  percent 
  british prime minister theresa may has made it clear that she will complete the brexit process by  and that scotland holds no veto over it 
  scotland in response has threatened to secede from the uk in order to preserve its eu membership which in turn guarantees the nations access to the eu single market 
  last year scotlands first attempt for independence from the uk was blocked by voters in a referendum 
  mundell told msps that the possibility of a second referendum was already harming scottish businesses even more than brexit 
  it is already evident because i understand that the surveyors organization have said there is a drop off in the take up of commercial property in scotland he said 
  experts warn that in case of a hard brexit the uk may lose its preferential access to the eus single market and suffer from soured relations with other eu members loading