BRUSSELS (AP) — It once seemed a quaint formality, but the Netherlands’ referendum vote on a European Union free-trade deal with Ukraine produced a raised middle finger to the EU — and yet another serious challenge to the European dream.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the EU’s executive Commission, had warned ahead of Wednesday’s poll that a rejection of the deal “would open the door to a great continental crisis.” Such is the EU’s standing these days, however, that its warnings are not only disregarded but seen as a provocation.
The “great continental crisis” may not be imminent just yet, but with …read more
Source: KXAN
