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Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has warned that the Netherlands is unlikely to sign off a treaty between the EU and Ukraine after Dutch voters slammed the deal in a non-binding referendum earlier this year.

Despite months of diplomatic efforts to come up with a legal compromise between Brussels and the Netherlands, Mr Rutte told Dutch MPs on Sept. 22: “I think that ultimately we will not ratify [the agreement].”

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