Britain should be ‘very worried’ about a no-deal Brexit, ex-security chief warns

  • Date: 12-Dec-2020
  • Source: The Economist
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Britain should be ‘very worried’ about a no-deal Brexit, ex-security chief warns

Britain should be "very worried" about the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, a former head of Europol has warned.Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Max-Peter Ratzel said he believed British national security was at risk, and urged leaders to come to an agreement on security co-operation even if there is no deal.

"I would be worried. I would be very worried. I'm worried as a European as we lose part of our competence, but I'd be even more worried if I was British," he said."You lose more than we lose by nature - look at the size of the communities, look at the size of the data."If I was British, I would be very worried about whether the information flow would be as good as it was in the past."

German Mr Ratzel led the EU's law enforcement agency from 2005 to 2009.