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‘Little Englanders’ take comfort from Dutch ‘No’ to EU
LONDON — The organizers of a shock Dutch vote against the EU have struck a deal with British Euroskeptics to campaign in the U.K. ahead of this summer’s historic Brexit referendum. In a boost for the “Leave” campaign, Nigel Farage, the MEP and leader of the anti-EU U.K. Independence Party, said he had been contacted by the leaders of the...
European Commission: Dutch referendum has no effect on Ukraine agreement
The Netherlands voting “no” in the referendum on the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine, has no effect on the agreement itself. The agreement was already signed and unanimously adopted by all EU member states’ heads of government, and the Dutch “no” does not change that, a spokesperson for the European...
Juncker is ‘sad’ about Dutch No vote
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is “sad” about the results of a Dutch referendum on an EU-Ukraine deal, an emotion shared Thursday by many European politicians to what is being seen as another sign of voters’ antipathy to Brussels. Dutch voters on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a cooperation agreement between the EU and...
Dutch EU no vote has worrying lessons for anti-Brexit campaign
Referendum on EU/Ukraine treaty brought Eurosceptics out to voice their discontent but pro-EU voters stayed at homeThe Dutch have said no in another EU referendum. Asked to vote on an EU treaty with Ukraine that paves the way for deeper ties, Dutch voters gave an overwhelmingly negative answer. Almost two-thirds of voters, 61%, rejected the...
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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...
What was the Dutch referendum all about?
Result will send geopolitical tremors through Ukraine and holds lessons for Brexit campaigns …read more Source: Financial...
Dutch voters overwhelmingly reject Ukraine-EU treaty
Voters reject trade treaty by a 64-36 margain on a 32 per cent turnout …read more Source: The Irish...
Nigel Farage tells politicians not to intervene in other countries’ EU debates – then campaigns in Holland
Hypocrite in hypocrisy shock. Oh, Nigel. You raging hypocrite. There was a European referendum in Holland yesterday, which was quite different to ours. But the result did give the EU a bit of a bloody nose by rejecting a new treaty with Ukraine. Nigel Farage loves referendums. He has spent rather a long time campaigning to have one in the UK. And...
Ukraine: Disappointment at Dutch rejection of EU partnership deal
There was consternation in Kyiv on Thursday that closer ties with Europe have been dealt a blow by Dutch voters in a referendum which resoundingly… …read more Source:...
