The Netherlands has threatened to scupper a trade and security deal between the Ukraine and the EU unless it receives legally binding guarantees at a summit of European leaders next week, according to the Financial Times.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Mark Rutte, Dutch prime minister, outlined his demands for a decision signed by EU heads of government, making clear that the ”association agreement” will not create a defense guarantee for Ukraine or be a step towards its eventual membership of the bloc.
”If we do not get this we will put a law to parliament the next day, which will state that we will not ratify the association agreement,” said Mr Rutte.
Leaders from the EU`s 28 member states meet in Brussels on Thursday to try to save the deal, which has been ratified by all EU member states except the Netherlands.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the authorities of Ukraine and the Netherlands are developing a compromise document (an addendum to the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement), which will allow to complete the process of the deal`s ratification.
