Dr. Aidan Regan:

It has become more likely because, as everybody knows, Britain was the most vociferous voice against the CCCTB proposal. It was absolutely unafraid to use its veto in the case of something like this coming along in actually forcing a vote, but, of course, one would not vote on it. With Britain gone, a variety of policies come into play that will strengthen the voting behaviour of France and Germany within the Council. It has become much more difficult for a small open economy on the periphery of north western Europe to become the biggest obstacle to what the core strategic players in this process want.