Almost three-quarters of Ukrainians want the
Dutch to vote Yes in a referendum on an EU-Ukraine deal, according to a new
poll.
The Netherlands votes on closer
EU-Ukraine ties — known as an association agreement — on April 6, and an
opinion poll by GFK Ukraine found there is 72 percent support for the
deal.
The nationwide survey, published Tuesday, found that 13 percent want the
Dutch to vote No in the referendum, and 15 percent are undecided.
A slight majority of those questioned (55
percent) think the agreement with the EU will help Ukraine get rid of
corruption and build a stable democracy.
The association agreement, which aims at
improving trade between the EU and Ukraine, provisionally came into force on
January 1, but needs to be ratified by all 28 EU members.
The Dutch referendum was triggered by a petition
organized by the website GeenStijl that secured over 450,000
signatures. All Dutch petitions with over 300,000 signatures
force the government to put an issue to a vote.
Recent opinion polls in the Netherlands suggest an even split between Yes and No voters, with
around 25 percent in each camp. The threshold for the referendum result to
be considered valid by the government is 30 percent.
Another survey published late February showed
that almost half of Dutch voters are not aware of the referendum.
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