The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situation. CEPS Commentary, 8 April 2016


Autoria(s): Van der Loo, Guillaume
Data(s)

01/04/2016

Resumo

In an advisory referendum held in the Netherlands on April 6th, over 61% of the voters rejected the ratification of the Association Agreement (AA) between the EU and Ukraine. If the Dutch government were to act on the outcome of the referendum, which had a low turnout of 32%, an unprecedented situation would emerge in which an EU international agreement cannot enter into force because a member state is not in a position to ratify it. Although the political character of this referendum and the Dutch Advisory Referendum Act (DRA) and the geopolitical implications of the AA itself have already been the subject of heated discussions in the Netherlands and beyond, the legal implications of this referendum remain unclear.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://aei.pitt.edu/74252/1/PrtV_GvdL_Dutch_Referendum.pdf

Van der Loo, Guillaume (2016) The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situation. CEPS Commentary, 8 April 2016. [Policy Paper]

Relação

https://www.ceps.eu/publications/dutch-referendum-eu-ukraine-association-agreement-legal-options-navigating-tricky-and

http://aei.pitt.edu/74252/

Palavras-Chave #Netherlands #Ukraine #European elections/voting behavior
Tipo

Policy Paper

NonPeerReviewed