Referendum madnessPlebiscite-pushers have got Europe’s voters hooked on the cheap rush of direct democracy ONE dodgy referendum lost Ukraine Crimea. Another threatens to lose it the European Union. On April 6th the Dutch public will vote on the “association agreement” the EU signed with Ukraine in 2014. The deal cements trade and political links with one of the EU’s most important neighbours; the
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