Nearly half of voters in some of the European Union's main member states want to have their own In/Out referendum just like Britain, a poll reveals.

Forty-five per cent of voters in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden said they want to be able to vote on whether or not to remain in the EU.

A third of the 6,000 people polled across the continent said they would opt toleave the European Union if given the chance.

It comes as it emerged people in Ireland have been encouraged to 'phone a friend' in the UK - and persuade them to vote 'remain' in the 'Brexit' referendum next month.

According to the Daily Telegraph the social media campaign has been set up spearheaded by the European Movement Ireland in a bid to appeal to an Irish diaspora which includes millions of UK-resident voters.