No Dutch Courage for Ukraine

A referendum on the approval of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine was due to be held in the Netherlands on 6 April 2016.

Writer argued that if the no camp won, even though the vote was nonbinding, Eurosceptic and populist leaders across Europe could take heart at the ease with which they challenged the EU.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/dutch-ukraine-european-union-association-agreement-referendum-2016/

ESO: Background information: Dutch to hold stormy referendum on EU-Ukraine deal http://www.europeansources.info/record/dutch-to-hold-stormy-referendum-on-eu-ukraine-deal/

Blog: Open Europe, 05.04.16: The Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: what’s at stake? http://openeurope.org.uk/today/blog/dutch-referendum-eu-ukraine-association-agreement-whats-stake/

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