The refugee crisis, the difficulties in keeping together the Schengen area of free movement, the risk of a possible Brexit, the referendum on the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine, the threat of terrorism in Europe, and the question of sanctions against Russia are but some of the issues that Dutch EU Presidency will face in 2016.
What can we expect from the Netherlands’ Presidency in the first half of this year? Ukrainian newspaper ‘Day’ spoke about the matter with Sijbren de Jong. The full article (in Ukrainian) can be read here.
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