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[Ticker] EU Commission ‘takes note’ of Dutch referendum result
The EU Commission “takes note” of Dutch voters’ rejection of the EU-Ukraine association agreement in Wednesday’s referendum, spokesman Margaritis Schinas said. But he said it was “a matter of national competence”, so it was for the Dutch government to analyse the result. Some 64 percent of voters rejected the...
Dutch Referendum: a symbolic blow to the establishment & an opportunity for change
Over the course of the past decade or so, the Netherlands has had two opportunities to snub the EU elites and it has not passed on either of the two: first in 2005 when the country voted against the Lisbon Treaty and then yesterday when the Dutch held a popular vote on the EU-Ukraine trade deal. In their revamped obstinate enthusiasm to stand up...
Russian threat prompts military spending surge in Central Europe
Military spending soared in Central Europe last year as the region responded to the growing threat from Russia by beefing up their defense budgets by 13 percent from 2014, according to a report by Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The pace of rearmament in Central Europe is significantly faster than in Western...
Dutch reject EU-Ukraine treaty in referendum
A whopping 61.1 percent voted against the deal with turnout just above the 30 percent threshold. No campaigners said more referendums should follow. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Exit poll: 64% of Dutch reject EU-Ukraine deal
According to an exit poll published after polls closed, 64 percent of Dutch people voted against the EU-Ukraine association agreement. However it is unclear if the required 30 percent voter turnout threshold was passed. …read more Source:...
Dutch reject EU-Ukraine deal
The Dutch rejected an EU deal with Ukraine in a referendum on Wednesday, with 64 percent voting No, according to an exit poll. According to the broadcaster NOS, the turnout was 29 percent when polling stations closed at 9 p.m. The final result will come in late Wednesday evening, polling organization Ipsos said. The result of the referendum is...
Yes or No? Rain could influence Dutch vote on Ukraine
Some Dutch voters are on Wednesday giving their opinion on the EU-Ukraine trade pact, but one crucial question is whether enough show up to make the referendum valid. …read more Source:...
Dutch vote in uncertain Ukraine referendum
The vote on an EU-Ukraine agreement is also a vote on the EU. The No camp is ahead, but turnout will be crucial to make results valid. …read more Source:...
Dutch get second chance to snub EU
THE HAGUE — Referendums make the Dutch establishment nervous. Eleven years ago, the country rejected plans to give the EU greater powers through a European Constitution, embarrassing the government and forcing a rethink in Brussels. History could repeat itself Wednesday. When Dutch voters go to the polls to decide whether the EU should work more...
Journalist at center of Panama leaks: ‘Nobody hiding offshore is safe’
For months, as they worked in secrecy to pull together a huge trove of leaked data from a Panamanian law firm, the investigative team at Süddeutsche Zeitung knew they had an explosive scoop. Even so, the international reaction has been “far above what we expected,” Frederik Obermaier, one of the German newspaper’s investigative reporters,...
