Will the UK lose access to EU's crime-fighting database after Brexit?

The Centre for European Reform thinktank believes a deal is possible but requires creativity – and a concession from the Conservatives on the European court of justice.

“If Britain wants to have a bespoke agreement, it would need to accept, at a minimum, partial ECJ oversight,” writes Camino Mortera-Martinez, the CER’s specialist on EU justice and home affairs policy. “There may be no precedent for a non-Schengen, non-EU country having preferential status at Europol, but this should not mean that one cannot be created.”