I was born in 1978 and never knew what it was like not to be part of the European Union. I appeal to people of my own age to come out and express their support for the European Union in the next referendum. Prior to EU membership we were still an economic colony of the United Kingdom to where some 80% of our exports went. Since EU membership the picture has changed dramatically. The social circumstances of the country have also changed utterly in that period. I urge those voters who may have voted "No" in the previous referendum, or probably did not vote at all, to come out and give a resounding "Yes" to the European Union and not to deny the opportunity to those central and eastern European countries that we got in 1973 when we gained admission to the then EEC.