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Brytyjski instytut statystyczny podał w czwartek, że tylko w 2015 r. ludność Zjednoczonego Królestwa wzrosła o 500 tys. osób, do 65,1 mln osób. 2/3 z tego wzrostu wynika z imigracji.Jednak Ian Bond, dyrektor Centre for European Reform powiedział "Rzeczpospolitej", że spadek dochodów Brytyjczyków, a także problemy z infrastrukturą wynikają z polityki surowych oszczędności budżetowych prowadzonej przez Davida Camerona od 2010 r. "Problemy emigracji, to była fałszywa debata" mówi Bond.

Las encuestas de opinión dan resultados muy estre-chos, lo que hace que esta votación sea muy difícil de predecir. Después de una oleada de apoyo para el ‘Brexit’ hasta la semana pasada, los partidiarios de la permanencia aumenta-ron en los últimos días y ayer volvieron a resurgir los que están a favor de la salida de la UE. Creo que la permanencia ganará el referéndum, pero la vota-ción será muy ajustada.

"The EEAS is very much a tool that hasn't reached maturity yet," said Rem Korteweg, an EU foreign policy expert at the Centre for European Reform think-tank. "Its general direction still needs to be mapped out: Is it a 28-member ministry of foreign affairs? Or is it an entity coordinating ministries of foreign affairs in the 28 countries?"

The Dutch financial paper, the Financieele Dagblad says: "The Netherlands votes with Britain more often than with Germany in the EU" and claims a Brexit would negatively affect the balance in the EU Parliament. It quotes Rem Korteweg of the pro-European British think-tank CER saying that "a number of policy areas would become more difficult".

"Je mag verwachten dat een aantal dossiers lastiger wordt na een Brexit", zegt Rem Korteweg van de pro-Europese Britse denktank CER.

According to Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, Brexit supporters mirror Trump voters who tend to be older, white, less affluent, and less likely to live in urban areas – folk left behind by Britain’s shockingly poor pensions provision but who blame our fast-changing world instead.

In a recent paper, a team of experts at the Centre for European Reform, the University of Groningen and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency presented an analysis of the integration of UK regional economies with European markets. By linking their findings with opinion poll data, they argue that the areas with most to lose from leaving the EU have the highest levels of support for Brexit.

Simon Tilford of the Centre for European Reform has condemned the leading Brexiteers as "libertarian sovereigntists who support further deregulation of the British economy. Their opposition to immigration is aimed at appealing to disenfranchised and insecure voters". This is right, but they are not appealing to their desire for security but a preference for more risk generated by fatalism and loss.