On Wednesday, Dutch voters rejected—via a consultative referendum—the association agreement of the EU with Ukraine. It is a treaty between the EU, its member states, Euratom, and Ukraine that establishes a political and economic association between the parties. Only about 32 percent of eligible voters showed up, just clearing the 30 percent threshold required to make the referendum valid. Of those, 61 percent voted against the agreement. Twenty-seven EU member states have already ratified the agreement, and its economic sections came into force throughout the EU in January. But the citizens of the country that holds the rotating chair of …read more
Source: Brookings