Both chambers of the Parliament of the Netherlands will support the Association Agreement with Ukraine – media
Both chambers of the Parliament of the Netherlands will support the Association Agreement with Ukraine – media
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Earlier, the government approved the bill on ratification of the document.
In the Netherlands the Upper house of Parliament will support the ratification of the Association Agreement with Ukraine. This writes the Novoe Vremya, referring to the Telegraaf.
The faction of the Christian democratic appeal (CDA) in the Senate are ready to support the solution that Prime Minister mark Rutte.
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“Knowing what is significant is the Agreement, members of the CDA in the Senate vote for ratification,” – said the TV channel.
In the lower house of Parliament, the government, without doubt get the majority of votes, says the media.
At the same time, the Dutch opposition party D66 has expressed support to the agreements reached by the government of the Netherlands and the EU to complete ratification of the Association Agreement EU-Ukraine, said the Deputy of the party D66 Case Verhoeven the Dutch Parliament, reports the publication nu.nl.
“The Prime Minister made good use of the extra time,” he said.
Informed about the support arrangements, said the opposition party GroenLinks.
The publication writes that the D66’s willingness to support the two coalition parties VVD and PVdA does not give the government a majority in the Senate of the Netherlands. For most it’s missing two votes.
At the same time, according to the newspaper, there are expectations that the senators from the other opposition party, the CDA, despite the position of leader of the party, which stated the need to introduce the negative results of the referendum during voting will support the ratification of the agreement, which will give a majority in the Upper house of Parliament.
We will remind, in the Netherlands threatened to refuse to ratify the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU and put its own terms: the EU had to say that this document does not imply additional obligations or security of a financial nature. The Netherlands also need to recognize that the agreement will provide the Ukrainians the right to freely live and work in the EU and never will be is the first step toward Ukraine’s membership in the EU.
After that, the EU leaders agreed with the requirements of the Netherlands concerning the Association Agreement with Ukraine.