Dutch referendum about the Ukraine Association agreement.

[Artisan]

Today the Dutch are voting on whether they approve of their governments approval of the EU association agreement with Ukraine.
Should the vote go against, then this would have major implications towards the Dutch government which voted for.

The reason The Dutch people get to vote after the fact is because there was a petition made which got over 400 000 signatures to call for a referendum on the issue.
According to Dutch law, the government must give attention to a petition that reaches 400k signatures and arrange a referendum.

Which way would you vote given the same opportunity and why ? ^^


Association Agreement:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine–European_Union_Association_Agreement

Relevant Articles:
https://www.rt.com/news/338580-netherlands-ukraine-eu-association-referendum/
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/dutch-hold-referendum-eu-ukraine-deal-160406073339033.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/04/06/polls-open-in-dutch-referendum-on-eu-ukraine-trade-deal.html
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands.17a9/
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/201...ap-eu-netherlands-ukraine.html?ref=world&_r=0
https://www.yahoo.com/news/netherlands-hold-referendum-eu-ukraine-deal-072052093.html

 

[Flavus Aquila]

It's understandable that ordinary Dutch citizens would oppose the quasi integration of Ukraine into the EU for many reasons:
* Anti EU sentiments.
* Dislike of Poroshenko, an exceptionally sleazy billionaire opportunist.
* They don't want another poor country dragging the EU down.
* Distaste at the arbitrary exclusion of Russia, and fear of a new cold war.
* Resentment towards a questionable trade benefit to Holland in the relationship.