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"Sposób, w jaki zaprojektowane zostały proponowane rozwiązania, pozostawia sporo przestrzeni na ewentualne zmiany w toku konsultacji z pozostałymi 27 państwami członkowskimi" - tłumaczyła PAP Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska z Center for European Reform (CER) w Londynie.

Charles Grant, director of the CER, says the emergency brake is fraught with difficulties. "British officials want to be able to use the brake immediately. Yet the mechanism could well require EU legislation, which often takes more than a year. Second, according to what criteria would use of the brake be permissible? The British will want the criteria to be vague enough for them to be able to pull it easily; the commission and other member states will try to make the criteria objective and hard to satisfy."

Charles Grant, director of the CER, said the deal, on the face of it, had the makings of a workable offer for Mr Cameron, but that its worth would depend on the details of any agreement."Given the current state of the negotiations, the British side would probably be happy to accept a deal that includes a four-year 'emergency brake' on benefits," he said.

„De handelsbelangen zijn te groot om helemaal terug naar af te gaan”, zegt Rem Korteweg van het in Londen gevestigde CER. ...„Stel: Schengen stort in. Wat zijn de gevolgen voor de interne markt? Je krijgt verwijten over en weer, de sneeuwbal wordt een lawine. ‘Niemand wilde dat het gebeurde, het was ook absurd, maar het gebeurde toch’ – de geschiedenis staat er bol van.”

But the Centre for European Reform argues that Europe should not dismantle Schengen – but rather improve the system by processing refugees more effectively, boosting external border security and sharing intelligence. It also suggests that the fake Syrian passport in Paris could have been a deliberate plot to reignite the debate about Europe's asylum policies.

The Britain Stronger in Europe report quotes research by the Centre for European Reform in June 2014, suggesting that the UK’s trade in goods was 55 per cent higher because of EU membership and that membership has resulted in an average £670,000 a year extra trade for each business that exported or imported goods with the EU.

Research by the Centre for European Reform that found Britain's goods trade with the EU is 55% higher as a result of its membership will be used to support Britain Stronger In Europe's case. The "EU effect" was worth around £133 billion to the 200,000 export and import companies in the UK in 2014, it said.

Chairman Lord Stuart Rose said data showed being in the EU was worth £670,000 in extra trade for every firm exporting or importing within the bloc. It said Centre for European Reform research found goods trade with the EU was 55 per cent higher with membership. They claimed the "EU effect" was worth £133billion to 200,000 export and import firms in 2014.