In a recent referendum, the Dutch people rejected the EU-Ukraine association agreement. Or rather, it was rejected by a majority of the just over 30 percent of Dutch people who decided to participate in this—for lack of a better word—joke.On the day of the referendum, a cartoon with the statement, “If you are voting against, find Ukraine on the map,” circulated wildly in Dutch media and on Ukrainian social networks. GeenPeil, one of the main organizations behind the “no” campaign, made no secret that it neither knew anything about Ukraine nor cared about it. Its campaign materials described Ukraine as …read more
Source: Atlantic Council
