Dutch voters are going to the polls to decide on whether to back a European Union free trade agreement with Ukraine.
The referendum is nonbinding, but it will be an important measure of EU support. It comes just three months before British voters cast ballots on whether to remain in the European Union.
Dutch opponents of the EU agreement say its ultimate goal is to bring Ukraine, which struggles with corruption and an ongoing separatist movement, into the bloc. Supporters say the agreement would aid economic development on both sides and improve human rights in the former Soviet republic.
Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, …read more
Source: Voice of America
