SIR – Letters from French admirals and soldiers have alerted your readers to three vital facts: first, that there is distinguished, thoughtful and strong continental support for Brexit; secondly, that in Paris we too understand that the unreformable EU is a threat to Europe’s future peace and prosperity; and, thirdly, that with what the colonels call Brexit’s “powerful wake-up call” we look to Britain to lead by example as we strive to rebuild healthy, legitimate politics in Europe.

Your vote on Thursday is therefore not about accountancy adjustments or fantasy Armageddon. The Remain campaign has been wrong to pretend that it is. The vote is about liberty.

I call upon my British friends to examine their hearts and ask themselves: is there a choice between the subjugation of your country to a city of bureaucrats and the preservation of an island against the hand of war or the envy of less happier lands, as your Bard so aptly put it?

Professor Thomas Flichy de la Neuville

Paris-Sorbonne University, France

SIR – A recent visit to the Isle of Skye made me realise how effective EU projects can be at kick-starting economic regeneration. The improvement of the road down the Sleat peninsula has enabled the development of the Gaelic University, which has in turn enabled all sorts of other projects.

If, by choosing to Remain, we can support the EU in funding similar regeneration projects in Eastern Europe, then there is hope that we will see prosperity increase there after a century of misery. Restoring Eastern Europe to productivity and wealth is surely the quickest way to rebalance the migration of labour across Europe.

Nick Gillibrand

Carnforth, Lancashire