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EUobserver: EU deal on Ukraine could unravel in Dutch parliament

Published Dec. 16, 2016 at 6:35 pm

(L-R) Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and British Prime Minister Theresa May talk during an European Union leaders summit at the European Council in Brussels, Dec. 15, 2016.

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The future of the EU-Ukraine treaty is not yet secure, as Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte still needs to convince opposition parties to support the deal he clinched at the EU summit on Dec. 15.

Rutte aims to propose that The Hague goes ahead with ratification of the pact on Dec. 16.