The European Commission (EC) offered to provide an opinion to an existing member state on the matter, but the UK government confirmed it would not seek this advice, as it did not want to negotiate the terms of independence in advance of the referendum.
Evropska komisija ponudila je da postojećoj državi članici pruži mišljenje o ovom pitanju, ali britanska vlada je potvrdila da neće tražiti to mišljenje jer ne želi da pre referenduma pregovara o uslovima nezavisnosti.