Holandia.Referendum important 61 percent. against the agreement with Ukraine – Gazeta Wyborcza

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In a referendum, the Dutch strongly spoken out against the EU's association agreement with Ukraine. According to preliminary results, it voted against the agreement up to 61 percent. voters. Referendum is important because the turnout exceeded 30 percent.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          
 

                 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

         

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The turnout was 32 per cent., And thus exceeded essential for the validity of Wednesday's referendum threshold of 30 percent. authorized.

Despite the non-binding nature of the vote Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday evening that it will ignore the result and his government may reconsider the question of ratification of the association agreement the EU and Ukraine. He added that it will take time to determine what the decision will be taken.

Satisfaction do not hide the initiators of the referendum. "The result can not be ignored," - said Thierry Baudet Forum for Democracy.

Even before the vote before the dramatic effects of the Dutch "no" to all of Europe warned the head of the European Commission. "+ Not + could open the way to the European crisis" - emphasized Jean-Claude Juncker.

The Netherlands is the only EU country that has not ratified the agreement on closer economic and political cooperation of the EU with Ukraine, which makes the agreement is still in force only provisionally. The Dutch government has already signed it, obtaining consent of both houses of parliament.

Within two euro-skeptic initiatives under the request for referendum collected a total of over 400 thousand. signatures. According to opponents of the ratification of the Association Agreement opens the way for Ukraine's membership in the EU, which are opposed. Furthermore, the referendum campaign attacked "the undemocratic EU" and its "push to the extension."

Later Wednesday morning Rutte called on to vote in favor of ratification, arguing that it will provide "greater stability at the external borders of the EU."

         

         

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