Mr Wellings appeared to suggest Brexit will provide member states seeking further integration into the European Union to promote their ideas. The think tank research director said rumours suggesting EU leaders are seeking to keep Britain in the bloc are not "strictly true" because of the dissenting position the country has always held toward proposals for extending Brussels' powers. Speaking to RT UK, Mr Wellings said: "I’m not sure it’s strictly true that everyone is saying the EU elite want Britain to stay because Britain, of course, has been a nuisance.
"It’s been an obstacle to this project of ever-closer union, building an EU Superstate."
But despite hints suggesting member states are planning to use Brexit to realise their integrational plans, Mr Wellings also suggested the bloc will seek to secure a deal with Britain in order to protect ailing economies within the Eurozone from a no deal.
He continued: "There would be teething problems with a no deal. The advantage is the UK Government could get on with removing the trade barriers with the rest of the world, which would mean cheaper products coming in from outside the EU and also getting rid of some of the expensive EU red tapes.
"The Eurozone economies are in deep trouble – Italy in recession, France with widespread social unrest and also in economic difficulties.
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