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The leader of Plaid Cymru has said she has been taken aback by the strength of the campaign in Wales to leave the EU.The leader of Plaid Cymru has said she has been taken aback by the strength of the campaign in Wales to leave the EU.
Arguing for a Remain vote, in Cardiff, Leanne Wood said she did not think her side had lost but "it's close".Arguing for a Remain vote, in Cardiff, Leanne Wood said she did not think her side had lost but "it's close".
She was speaking alongside ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who said the positive case for the EU had been missing from the campaign.She was speaking alongside ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who said the positive case for the EU had been missing from the campaign.
Commons leader Chris Grayling is on the Brexit campaign in Caerphilly with Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies. But Commons leader Chris Grayling, in Caerphilly, said the Brexit case was an "overwhelmingly positive one".
They have been joined by Monmouth MP David Davies. Mr Grayling was campaigning in the south Wales valleys for a Leave vote alongside Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies, Monmouth Tory MP David Davies, and UKIP AMs Nathan Gill and Mark Reckless.
Talking to BBC Wales, Mr Salmond agreed the vote was close. The two sides have been stepping up their campaigns with just one week to go before the in-out referendum on 23 June.
"It's nip and tuck, obviously. There's going to be a strong remain vote in Scotland as in Northern Ireland," he said. Talking to BBC Wales in Cardiff city centre, Mr Salmond agreed the vote was close, describing it as "nip and tuck".
"I'm hoping for a Remain vote in Wales to make it a Celtic triple, as it were. It's on a knife edge in England." "There's going to be a strong remain vote in Scotland as in Northern Ireland," he said.
"I'm hoping for a Remain vote in Wales to make it a Celtic triple, as it were.
"It's on a knife edge in England."
Mr Salmond predicted a "surge of European enthusiasm" as "you go deep into the European football championships".
"What the campaign has been missing has been the positive aspect of Europe," he said.
Claiming the EU had been a force for peace and prosperity, Mr Salmond urged voters not to "jeopardise what we've built over 60 years".
Asked if she had been taken aback by the strength of the Leave campaign in Wales, Ms Wood said: "Yes, I have."
"I've been quite surprised by how so many people have been able to be persuaded around this question of fear of immigration.
"We've got a week now to try to persuade as many people as possible that it is in Wales' best interests to Remain as a part of the European Union," she added.
Earlier, Ms Wood said politicians in Wales wanting the UK to stay in the EU had failed to organise a "proper, decent campaign".Earlier, Ms Wood said politicians in Wales wanting the UK to stay in the EU had failed to organise a "proper, decent campaign".
She said having the referendum just seven weeks after the assembly election was "a bit of a disaster", making EU campaigning "very challenging". She told BBC Radio Wales the assembly election in May had "dominated all of us in Wales on the political scene".
Ms Wood told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme the assembly election in May had "dominated all of us in Wales on the political scene".
"The timing of this referendum was a bit of a disaster from a Welsh perspective," she said."The timing of this referendum was a bit of a disaster from a Welsh perspective," she said.
"It hasn't enabled us to pull together and organise a proper decent campaign. "It's been very difficult and challenging."
"It's been very difficult and challenging.
She said the Remain side had "one week left now to put a positive case".
Speaking ahead of a Leave campaign visit to Caerphilly on Thursday, Mr Grayling said: "The crisis in the Eurozone and the migration challenge have led to calls for still more integration and a move towards much greater political union.Speaking ahead of a Leave campaign visit to Caerphilly on Thursday, Mr Grayling said: "The crisis in the Eurozone and the migration challenge have led to calls for still more integration and a move towards much greater political union.
"It is a path that the UK will not and should not follow."It is a path that the UK will not and should not follow.
"We have provided assurances that Wales would continue to receive at least the same level of funding if the UK votes to leave."We have provided assurances that Wales would continue to receive at least the same level of funding if the UK votes to leave.
"The case for Brexit is an overwhelmingly positive one that I will continue to make until polling day on June 23.""The case for Brexit is an overwhelmingly positive one that I will continue to make until polling day on June 23."