Furthermore, Slovakia, unlike most of its regional peers, has fulfilled its legal obligation to join the eurozone – an obligation that an independent Scotland would have to take on when, as expected, it sought EU membership. But a sovereign Scottish government might try to negotiate an exemption to this rule – and, in so doing, join the tide of other European countries seeking a way out of the great blunder that Europe’s monetary union has turned out to be.
此外，斯洛伐克与该地区的大部分国家不同，实现了加入欧元区的法定义务——如果独立的苏格兰如人们预料那样寻求加入欧盟，也需要满足这些义务。但有主权的苏格兰政府可能会商量取得豁免——这样做将让它加入其他寻求走出欧洲货币联盟犯下的大错的欧洲国家的行列。