Mary McAleese urges Poles to vote "Yes"

On her official visit to Poland the President of the Republic of Ireland Mary McAleese has called on Poles for a high turnout at the polls during the coming EU referendum. "Go out and vote for the EU," she said. Addressing a press conference yesterday, McAleese said that during its 30-year membership of the EU her country had not lost its national identity. "We have retained our language and our culture has never been as strong as it is today," she argued. According to McAleese, being a member of the 15 has given Ireland great economic success, partly due to EU funding. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6; Rzeczpospolita, p. A6) J.K.