More than 60 percent of those who voted rejected the deal, but only 32 percent of eligible voters took part — just above the 30 percent threshold needed for the result to be valid. As the result was non-binding, the Dutch parliament was able to dismiss it, voting not to ditch the deal.
“I’m totally against referendums and I’m totally, totally, totally against referendums on multilateral agreements because it makes no sense, as we’ve seen with the Dutch referendum,” Rutte told a conference on the Dutch presidency in The Hague, attended by members of the national and European parliaments.
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