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Britain's opt-out on EU police and crime laws raises eyebrows
The CER, warned the decision would have "major implications" for Britain's security. "If Britain uses this 'block opt-out', it will lose access to a raft of cross-border agreements and databases designed to help EU countries maintain security," Hugo Brady of the CER, said in a recent policy paper.