Europe follows Scottish independence vote with wariness and hope

London's Centre for European Reform associate fellow Stephen Tindale said Scotland's upcoming vote has ramifications across the European Union.

"Support for Catalan is growing, and they are inspired by what the Scottish are doing. What's happening is being watched very closely by many other parts of Europe, so they (regional governments) can take the message and argue for more powers from their central governments or, in the Catalan case, complete independence," said Tindale.