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Peter Gentle 17.09.2014 15:56
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With opinion polls declaring the vote 'too close to call', will Poles having a casting vote whether Scotland stays within the UK?

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A elderly lady walks past a newspaper stand displaying a YES or NO advert referring to the Scottish referendum on independence in Edinburgh, Scotland. Polls are showing that the Yes and No camps are neck and neck in the Scottish Independence referendum. Scots will vote wether Scotland should become an independent country 18 September: photo - EPA/ANDY RAIN

As Slawek Szefs reports, 97 percent of eligible voters in Scotland have registered for the ballot which is an absolute precedent.

However, despite strong campaigns of those in favor of national independence as well those from the camp which opts for maintaining the present status quo, none of the sides has managed a sound majority in surveys.

Polish observers point to a number of issues that Scottish pro-independence campaigners have not clearly addressed, should their efforts bring success at polling stations on Thursday. For example, what will be the currency adopted by the new country?

“The question is what shall be the condition of Scotland as a state in reference to its deficit, debt situation or taxes,” asks Marek Wolos from TNS Brokers in Warsaw.

Meanwhile, it is said that from a purely statistical angle, Polish immigrants who constitute a group of 33 thousand eligible voters could tip the scales of the referendum as the right to cast the ballot has been given to all residents of Scotland by the local government. Most of the Poles have declared support for Scottish independence.

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