An interesting article (in italian only, sorry!) about the scottish referendum and the EU.

http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2014/09/18/news/scozia_referendum_ue-96030632/?ref=HRER3-1

This article talks about how some EU countries are against the EU referendum as it poses a risk to their own national sovereign, for example Spain fears Catalunia and the Basque countries will ask for independency, and also other countries fear separatist movements.

This article is a total contrast to one I read few weeks back in the british press, which talked about how EU citizen living in Scotland are allowed to vote and are pro-independency, as they are concerned the UK may exit the EU, whilst an indepndent Scotland aims to be part of the EU.