A researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre, the official think tank of the European People’s Party, claimed in 2019 that the UK could still enjoy some success after Brexit.
Eoin Drea wrote for the Irish Times: "The EU has also fatally overlooked two characteristics of the British economy that will help it mitigate the immediate negative impacts of Brexit.
"First, Britain – like all Anglo-Saxon economies – looks aghast at the oversized role of government in continental states.
"British public spending as a proportion of their economy stands at under 40 percent (even less in Ireland).
"The French spend in excess of 50 percent, the Germans about 45 percent. Mail.
