Dutch Referendum today

• howard mcsweeney1

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  6 April 2016     13:23312653
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  What makes this interesting is that no political parties are involved and came about by people blogging and Youtube videos.
  
  Could be the future.
  
  
  
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/06/the-dutch-referendum-shows-how-the-internet-is-taking-back-power/
• howard mcsweeney1

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  7 April 2016     15:21312674
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  Although the referendum was about ties with Ukraine it was widely seen as a vote on the EU as a whole and the Dutch voted 2 - 1 against it albeit on a small turnout. No doubt it will be ignored just as any referendum on the subject is if it doesn't throw up the result Brussels wants.
• Captain Haddock

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  8 April 2016     00:41312680
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  Some background reading here:- http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21695890-dutch-referendum-threatens-eu-trade-deal-ukraine-dissociative-disorder
  "The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
  
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  13 April 2016     11:31312838
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  Reading this it appears that disenchantment with the political establishment is much the same in Holland as here.
  
  
  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/13/politicians-trust-readers-dutch-referendum-ukraine-association-treaty