Workers Party President Michael Donnelly

The Workers’ Party has welcomed the outcome of the EU Referendum in the UK and has said that it is a clear demonstration that working people have rejected the political and economic direction of the European Union despite attempts to deliberately confuse and sidetrack the debate.

“The European Union serves the interests of big business, multinational corporations and the financial institutions.

“Its policies have made the rich richer and the poor poorer,” Party President Michael Donnelly said.

“The vote to Leave represents a rejection of that philosophy. Northern Ireland is still very much a part of Europe and will continue to have close relationships at all levels but we can now do so free of the  anti-worker strictures of the EU institutions,” Micheal concluded.