Nationalist Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this week
demanded a new independence referendum in late 2018 or early
2019, but UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that
"now is not the time" for such a vote.
Salmond, who resigned as Scottish leader after losing a 2014
independence referendum, said he was open to changing his view
that the best option after independence was a currency union
between Scotland and the remainder of the UK, the FT said on
Friday.
He ruled out joining the euro, but suggested that Scotland could
introduce a new currency, either freely floated or pegged to the
pound. Another option, he said, was to use sterling without any
say in monetary policy while the new currency was introduced.
Salmond said that Scotland would seek to remain in the European
single market after a potential referendum in 2019, though it
would have to leave the EU as part of the Brexit process.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Michael Holden)
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