Bavaria Party Hopes Scotland Referendum Will Have Knock-On Effect.

MAINZ, Germany – First the kilts, then the Lederhosen?

A small political party in Germany’s southern say of Bavaria is closely watching the result of the Scottish public vote , hopeful that a resounding “YES” for independence” could have a knock-on impact for the district from which Oktoberfest gets its roots.

It’s been more than 100 years since the Kingdom of Bavaria was a sovereign say – but the alleged “Bavaria Party” has long campaigned for independence to come once more to the district ’s rolling hills. The fringe Bavaria Party has little over 5,000 members – in the southern say of 12.4 million individuals – and regularly campaigns with slogans like “Bavaria can also succeed on its possess ,” but until now has failed to gain widespread aid for its ideas.

The party hopes all of that will change if Scotland gains independence – envisioning a domino impact – and is putting their voice out in front to aid the public vote to their west.

“We hope that the vote will deliver a clear signal for Europe and that in the long run, Bavaria will become an independent member of the European Union,” party chairman Florian Weber said to NBC News. The Scottish vote also has fueled hopes for independence in Italy’s Sardinia and Spain’s Catalonia.

In the last local elections in 2013, Weber’s party received just 2.1 percent of the votes – a moving fall from the golden years of the 1950s, when the nationalistic party had 17 legislators in Germany’s lower house of parliament. A 2009 poll found that just 23% of Bavarian inhabitants questioned stated they would favor independence, while 56 percent stated “no” to secession in the analysis on ‘Life in Bavaria’ by the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation.

Despite the odds, the party consistently has called for their possess independence public vote and more Bavarian autonomy . With prospects of achievement widely considered to be slim, Weber’s party has often been mocked as a bunch of Lederhosen-wearing, slap-dancing, beer swigging, self-proclaimed freedom fighters – an image the party chairman squarely rejects.

“We no longer want to be ridiculed for our demands, this is a serious matter for us,” Weber stated .