AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands holds a referendum next week on whether the EU should work more closely with Ukraine, but the campaign is just as much about Vladimir Putin.
On the surface, Dutch voters will decide if they should accept a treaty to strengthen political and economic ties with the country of 46 million. The agreement was the spark for the 2014 Ukrainian revolution that led to the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych’s government, which had reversed course under pressure from Russia and scuppered the so-called association deal.
A Dutch vote against the agreement, while not legally binding, would be hard for …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
