The Netherlands: UKIP leader Farage supports no vote ahead of Ukraine referendum

Leader of euro-sceptic United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage visited a reunion in the town of Volendam, Monday, where he arrived to support the 'no' camp ahead of the Ukrainian deal referendum.
"if you think that most of the laws of your land should be proposed by an unelected bunch of old men based in the European Commission, then you're welcome to it, vote yes, by all means. But if you vote no, of you vote no, that will have, I hope and believe, some real consequences", Farage told the audience.
He also said that a no vote "will send a big message to the British electorate that we are not alone in thinking something that's fundamentally gone wrong in the direction of the European Union and the freedom and the self-government" of the UK.
On Wednesday April 6th, the Netherlands will organise a referendum on whether or not to ratify the proposed EU Association Agreement with Ukraine. The latest polls show that the majority of Dutch voters are opposed to the agreement, despite calls from Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to support the deal. Ratifying the agreement will provide “stability on the borders of Europe in an unstable world,” said Rutte in an interview of March 31, adding that an EU-Ukraine association agreement would be of “great benefit” to the Netherlands.
The referendum was initiated by a petition organised by the GreenStijl website, which reached over 450,000 signatures last September. Under Dutch law, all petitions with over 300,000 signatures force the government to put the issue to a public vote.