The Netherlands is unlikely to ratify an EU treaty with Ukraine that Dutch voters roundly rejected in a referendum earlier in the year, its prime minister says.
“I think that ultimately we will not ratify [the agreement],” Prime Minister Mark Rutte told MPs on Thursday, the Financial Times reported.
In April, a referendum on the deal, aimed at simplifying trade between the EU member states and Ukraine, saw Dutch voters reject the idea by a margin of two to one, though turnout was low.
Rutte, who campaigned for the deal, suggested that he hoped it could go ahead with …read more
Source: Newsweek
