In interviews this morning, SNP ministers failed to spell out whether an independent Scotland would seek membership of the European Union.
It comes after Nicola Sturgeon was also unable to say whether an independent Scotland would apply for full EU membership in her press conference yesterday.
The Scottish Conservatives said the confusion only serves to underline the “reckless” proposal for a rushed referendum - which would force people to vote on "a pig in a poke".
It comes after senior EU figures made it clear yesterday that an independent Scotland would have to apply to become a member – even if an independence referendum was held before Britain left the EU.
This is also the view of leading experts who have said that an independent Scotland would have to apply as a new country to get into the EU after independence.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said:
“The SNP’s plans to impose a referendum on independence on Scotland have unravelled within 24 hours.
“Nicola Sturgeon is demanding that people are forced to make another choice on their future in as little as 18 months. And yet faced with reasonable questions about what independence means, she and her ministers cannot answer.
“We know Scotland will leave the EU along with the rest of the United Kingdom in 2019. Yet the SNP can’t say whether an independent Scotland would then seek full membership of the EU or not.
“This is the opposite of the informed choice proposed by Nicola Sturgeon. The truth is she wants people to vote blind because she calculates this is the best way to increase support for separation.
“The First Minister is proposing the opposite of a fair, democratic vote – she is demanding that people across Scotland vote on a pig in a poke.
“The SNP is trying to have it both ways.
“It is demanding a referendum because of our decision to leave the European Union. But, in order to keep Leave voters on board, it won't say whether Scotland would seek to get back in."