European Commissioner Malmstrom hopes for settlement of issue of Dutch implementation of Association Agreement with Ukraine
European Commissioner in charge of EU trade policy Cecilia Malmstrom says she hopes for the settlement of the issue of the implementation by the Netherlands of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine.
The Dutch government should react to a referendum on the Association Agreement held in the Netherlands one way or the other.
"I think they have not found yet a right answer to the situation that has occurred. But I hope they will. All other EU member states have implemented the agreement," she said at a joint press conference with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze in Kyiv on Friday.
In her words, the Netherlands is an important investor for Ukraine.
As was reported, a nonbinding referendum took place in the Netherlands on April 6 where 61% of the Dutch who came to the polling stations voted against the Association Agreement with Ukraine. The turnout rate was 32% with the minimum required 30%. The legal outcome of the referendum is not binding to the Dutch government.
