Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte reached a deal on Thursday (15 December) with his 27 EU colleagues about the EU-Ukraine treaty, but stressed he cannot guarantee Dutch parliament will support the outcome.
“There is a legally binding document on the table, which addresses all the Dutch points,” Rutte told journalists in Brussels.
The text is aimed at quelling misgivings Dutch voters had over the EU-Ukraine association agreement, signed in 2014.
The treaty was rejected with a ...
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