An anti-EU Dutch group says it has collected enough signatures to force the Dutch government to hold a referendum on the bloc’s association agreement with Ukraine.
More than 451,000 people have signed a petition calling into question the deal that aims to strengthen political and economic collaboration between Brussels and Kiev. That number exceeds the 300,000 signatures needed to trigger a referendum under a new Dutch law.
“The country [Ukraine] is on the brink of full EU membership. We think that the people should be consulted about EU expansion,” said Jan Roos, a journalist from GeenStijl, a satirical website that is one …read more
Source: European Voice
