Dutch satirical news website Geenstijl has collected more than 450 thousand Signatures in order to oblige the authorities of the Netherlands to hold a referendum on whether the Association of Ukraine with the European Union. The necessary number of signatures √ 300 thousand, writes the financial times. "It creates a bad political issue for the Dutch government, which is mostly Pro-European and which have already ratified the Pact the EU-Ukraine ", √ stresses the magazine." You did It out of love for democracy in the Netherlands and Europe and to send a signal to the Hague and Brussels ", √ the magazine quoted the text of the message to the readers of Geenstijl. Under Dutch law, the referendum results are only "Advisory" nature for the government. However, if turnout exceeds 30% and the overwhelming number of votes will be against the Association, the Dutch government will be obliged to review the law on ratification of the agreement with Ukraine. The journal emphasizes that even EU officials are concerned that the referendum could have unpredictable political results if the results can not be ignored. The deal has the possibility to be deferred or it can be the case a decisive " no " vote, emphasizes the financial times. The Netherlands has ratified the Association agreement between Ukraine and EU in the summer of 2015. Recall, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament on 16 September 2014 ratified the Association agreement Kiev and Brussels, However, the use of the free trade agreement was delayed 2016. At the end of April, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that Kyiv wants for 5 years to provide the implementation of the agreement with the European Union on the unity and reach of the conditions for applying for EU membership. In may, Kiev declared that the ratification of the Treaty on the unity of Ukraine and the European Union tighten four countries √ Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Austria.