In a referendum Dutch spoken out against the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine. According to preliminary results, it voted against the agreement 61 percent. participants in the referendum and 38 percent supported it. Referendum is important because the turnout exceeded 30 percent. (Was probably about 32 percent).
According to the Minister of Presidential results of the referendum in the Netherlands show that “in the core countries of the European Union” growing tide of Euro-skepticism. – You can see that the central EU countries today have a huge problem with the confidence of citizens in the European project. This time it was a disappointment Union in central European countries skanalizowało in the Dutch referendum on Ukraine. The problem is, however, much deeper, and today against the policies of the central countries of the EU is a great challenge to restore hope to the European project – said Szczerski.
He stressed that Poland is very attached to European unity, as well as to the idea of enlargement of the European Union. – Our voice that we want Europe to be strong and able to to expand, meets today with a lack of confidence in Western Europe. It is a reality with which we have to face – said presidential minister.
“bad news”
KE: referendum does not affect the case of a contract EU-Ukraine
Krzysztof Szczerski estimated that “the outcome of the referendum in the Netherlands is very bad news, because it shows that what was crucial for the Polish goal to Eastern Partnership countries to enter the EU, meets with resistance in the countries of central Europe.” – The bad news for Europe, bad news for Polish and worth to the political elites of Western Europe have made efforts to restore European politics socially acceptable dimension – Szczerski said.
Draft eastern may be stopped
He appealed to the governments of the countries of Western Europe with a “responsible policy and action after the referendum so as not to keep European interest in the East, including in particular the Ukraine, because otherwise great project, which was the radiation of the east may stop by the negative evaluation societies Western Europe, the current European policy. “
As noted, the entire EU is “a very important task to do what is evident in Poland, that European unity is Europe and Europe should radiate its immediate surroundings, to persuade the public of Western Europe.”
– We expect the Dutch government responsible approach to the future of the EU and ensure that it referendum said the actions that will restore the EU’s dynamism and social trust, because there would be good if there were further steps that pogłębiałyby crisis, in which she was the EU as a result of the loss of social trust, and political mistakes committed even in connection with immigration crisis – said Krzysztof Szczerski.
According to him “back even to discuss the forced relocation, which began yesterday, the European Commission, is not conducive ago to build public confidence in the European project.”
The European Commission on Wednesday presented two variants of the reform of the current Dublin Regulation, according to which the asylum application corresponds to the country in which the refugee crossed the border of the EU. One of those options involves the distribution of refugees between the EU countries according to a fixed distribution key and objective criteria, such as, among others, population, the level of gross national income, experience in the reception of refugees.
According to presidential minister outcome of the referendum in the Netherlands shows that if the EU will pursue a policy that does not accept society is the lack of confidence of citizens in Europe will continue to grow. He added that “unfortunate that another European crisis at its source in an important country in Western Europe.”
Petro Poroshenko: not descend from European Route
Ukraine will not come from the European path and will not give up the integration process and implementation of agreements with the EU – such declarations made President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in response to the results of the vote.
A report published on its website a short speech emphasized the aim initiators of the referendum was not really an association agreement with Ukraine and the EU. As stated, the referendum is an attack on the unity of Europe, to European values. Evidence of this debate that raged before the vote. Petro Poroshenko pointed out that the referendum under the constitution the Netherlands is consultative in nature, and now the initiative belongs to the Dutch government, parliament and politicians. President Petro Poroshenko added that the referendum from a strategic point of view, is not an obstacle in the way of Ukraine to Europe. He emphasized that Ukraine will continue to bring to life an association agreement with the EU, will build a free trade zone with the EU, because it is a way to modernize the Ukrainian state and to strengthen its sovereignty. “Ukraine will not depart from the path of integration with the Community” – said the Ukrainian president.
Dutch opposition and the announcement of a new crisis
Sami organizers of the referendum in the Netherlands argued that it has little in common with Ukraine, and more of the same European Union, which is the structure are opposed. – Ukraine does not interest us – said Arjan van Dixhoorn, one of the initiators of the plebiscite. According to him, the aim is appropriate to issue the Netherlands with the EU. “Nexit” is not yet possible, therefore “use every opportunity to bring the tension in relations with the Netherlands, the EU,” he explained to the media.
However, commentators agree: the result of the vote may herald serious problems and Ukraine, and the EU. Referendum may be grist to the mill to the Eurosceptics and opponents of enlargement of the EU to the east.
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Video: Statement by the President of Ukraine on the referendum in the Netherlands
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