(Brussels) – “We don’t care about Ukraine”: Arjan van Dixhhorn, one of the promoters of the referendum about Ukraine’s partnership agreement that is taking place in the Netherlands today, has been the most outspoken in revealing the real aim of those who want to vote against it. Actually, the focus of the Dutch vote is the relationship between Amsterdam and the European Union, and the parties that have helped launch the referendum (by collecting over 400 thousand signatures instead of the requisite 300 thousand) expressly want to “renegotiate” the membership of the European Union. The supporters of the vote take inspiration from the British referendum of 23rd June and expressly support Brexit. So much so that Nigel Farage, leader of the Ukip, the British euro-sceptic party, has been called to conduct the election campaign in the Netherlands. In fact, the referendum has been held as consultation on the trade agreement with Kiev, which is already partly and temporarily in force, an agreement that has been ratified by the national parliaments of all EU member states. But the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte (who is also president of the EU cabinet on duty), has said he will abide by the outcome of the referendum. For the referendum to be validly held, the turnout must be at least 30% of voters: until yesterday, the surveys were very close to such figure and sometimes even exceeded it.