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Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a pro-EU think-tank, said that the line in Brussels, Paris and Berlin was very clear on free movement and - despite recent remarks suggesting a more pragmatic approach - with Mr Tusk's office too.

"In theory UK citizens, as third-country nationals, would certainly be subject to the obligations" of such a scheme, said Camino Mortera-Martinez, a research fellow specialising in justice and home affairs at the Centre for European Reform. "This will have to be part of the Brexit talks. It will all have to be negotiated."

Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, said announcing tax cuts would probably boost the CDU's popularity somewhat, but he warned that the upside potential of such a move would likely be limited. "It's not as if those who are feeling frustrated, detached or insecure – the people voting AfD – are voting AfD because their tax is high, so I don't think it will be very effective," he said.

Neformálny summit v Bratislave bude veľmi dôležitým summitom pre dvadsaťsedmičku a bude zároveň prvým krokom EÚ bez Veľkej Británie. Pre TASR to povedal Ian Bond, riaditeľ pre zahraničnú politiku londýnskeho think tanku Centra pre európsku reformu.
“Svojím spôsobom to bude veľmi zvláštny summit, pretože Veľká Británia tam nebude mať svoje zastúpenie. Pravdepodobne jednou z hlavných tém diskusie bude práve to, čo robiť s Veľkou Britániou. Z toho dôvodu si myslím, že to bude veľmi dôležitý summit pre dvadsaťsedmičku,” uviedol Bond.

Theresa May's government has been slammed by a former director general of the WTO Peter Sutherland, for creating "total confusion" around its plans for Britain's new trade relationship with the EU and the wider world after Brexit.

John Springford of the Centre for European Reform, who is convinced Britain will see "a hard Brexit", said that the Japanese paper amounted to an implausible wish list. "What the Japanese want is for the British to remain in the European Economic Area and this is impossible to achieve. It is difficult to see Theresa May securing that while also keeping her pro-Brexit MPs on board."

"Unter britischer Führung ist Europol zu einer EU-Agentur geworden, in der die Mitgliedstaaten Informationen austauschen, die bedeutend sind im Kampf gegen grenzübergreifende Kriminalität und internationalen Terrorismus", sagt Camino Mortera-Martinez, Innenexpertin beim Centre for European Reform.