The Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, will attempt over lunch at the European Summit on Thursday 15 December to get his counterparts to agree on a binding decision to clarify the EU’s Association Agreement with Ukraine. The Netherlands is the only member state that has yet to ratify the agreement and Rutte wants guarantees to reassure people back home, most of whom voted against the agreement in a referendum on 6 April, and win ratification of the deal by the Dutch parliament.
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