{"id":11789,"date":"2016-04-01T23:59:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T21:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekharkivtimes.com\/?p=11789"},"modified":"2016-04-02T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T18:20:30","slug":"does-the-netherlands-wish-to-see-ukraine-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekharkivtimes.com\/2016\/04\/01\/does-the-netherlands-wish-to-see-ukraine-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Netherlands wish to see Ukraine in the EU?"},"content":{"rendered":"
According to sociologists, approximately every second Netherlander to take part in an advisory referendum about Ukraine joining the EU on 6 April.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the survey, conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the number of residents of the Netherlands who are \u201cfor\u201d and \u201cagainst\u201d the “Ukraine-EU” association is the same – 25% of those who plan to participate in the referendum. This was reported by<\/span> AD.nl<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n At the same time, Wikipedia <\/span>published<\/span><\/a> other information on the referendum, according to which, the study <\/span>Peil.nl<\/span><\/a> (13-20 March 2016) reports the following: 40% – “agree”, 60% – “against”.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte believes that Ukraine should never join the European Union. He shared this during the\u00a0<\/span>interview<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to NU.nl. <\/span><\/p>\n According to him, the Netherlands \u201cbelieve that Ukraine should have both a good relationship with Europe and with Russia. That is not possible, if they are in the European Union.”<\/span><\/p>\n BACKGROUND. The Parliament of the Netherlands completed the process of ratification of the Agreement on Association between Ukraine and the EU in July 2015. <\/span><\/p>\n In September the Netherlands collected the necessary number of signatures – more than 450,000 – to hold a consultative referendum on the ratification of the agreement. It was appointed on April 6.<\/p>\n