British Home Secretary Priti Patel stressed that the country will be safer after the UK’s formal exit from the European Union on December 31. According to The Guardian, Patel’s remark came as senior security officials and opposition MPs in the country raised concern about the lack of access to Europe’s database in the new comprehensive security agreement with the EU. Britain will lose real-time access to key European information security agencies such as Europol and Eurojust.
The deal between London and Brussels will allow cooperation between the United Kingdom and other member states of the bloc in terms of security and policing issues. However, it will not provide Britain with real-time access to Europe’s information database, which has raised concerns among security pundits in the country. Experts suggest that Patel, like other members of the British cabinet, is under immense pressure to defend the deal, which is why she is ignoring the security vulnerabilities of the arrangement.
