Return to EU ‘next best thing’ to Scotland winning Euros, says Swinney

The First Minister unveiled an SNP billboard in Edinburgh on Thursday, wishing the Scotland football team luck.

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John Swinney speaking with a Saltire flag backdrop

Returning to the European Union as an independent country is the “next best thing” to Scotland getting to the final of Euro 2024, First Minister John Swinney has said.

The men’s football team take on Germany in the opener of the tournament in Munich on Friday, with Mr Swinney due to be cheering them on from the stands.