The Scottish National Party

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, grade: 1,0, Charles University in Prague, language: English, abstract: "Scotland is on a journey and the path ahead is a bright one. Now is a time for Scotland to keep moving forward."1 The Scottish National Party (SNP), the regionalist party of Scotland in the United Kingdom, is a centre-left, social-democratic party. This paper firstly provides short paragraph on the history and character of the party, followed by an analysis of the party's program. It then comments on how the party approaches new challenges and tries to find answers to current problems, such as climate change, the economic crisis and Scottish home rule. Finally, the relationship of the SNP and the European Union (EU) is examined.