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Brexit vote terrifies Eastern Europeans who see need for EU economy, reforms from communism

POL151226aa001WARSAW — Many in Eastern Europe — who have been part of the European Union for only a little more than a decade — are looking on with a mixture of disbelief, anxiety and horror as Britons go to the polls in a referendum Thursday that could put the whole point of the alliance in doubt.

Pollsters say the “Brexit” vote on the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union too close to predict, but the view from the other end of the continent is very different. In the past decade, millions of people from the region have traveled to Britain for work, pleasure or study. The ties are strong, people say, and could be in jeopardy if the “Leave” forces prevail.

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