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 ====== Context: what preceeded the advisory referendum about the association treaty on April 6th 2016? ====== ====== Context: what preceeded the advisory referendum about the association treaty on April 6th 2016? ======
  
-This page is currently being translated and should be finished as of this weekend 
  
  
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 ===== 2016 February ===== ===== 2016 February =====
  
-The campaign subsidy proceedings [[http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4500/Politiek/article/detail/4238970/2016/02/05/Subsidie-referendum-lastig-proces.dhtml|is basically a mess]].+The campaign subsidy proceedings [[http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4500/Politiek/article/detail/4238970/2016/02/05/Subsidie-referendum-lastig-proces.dhtml|are basically a mess]].
  
 The American embassy in the Netherlands [[http://nos.nl/artikel/2084675-amerikanen-organiseren-persreis-voor-nederlandse-journalisten.html|has invited journalists]] for a press-trip to Ukraïne. The American embassy in the Netherlands [[http://nos.nl/artikel/2084675-amerikanen-organiseren-persreis-voor-nederlandse-journalisten.html|has invited journalists]] for a press-trip to Ukraïne.
  
-The minister of economics in Ukraïne leaves due to corruption in Ukraïne. The International Monetary Fund has issued warnings on corruptionto  [[http://nos.nl/artikel/2086000-harde-waarschuwing-imf-voor-oekraine.html|"Ukraine in strong language"]].+The minister of economics in Ukraïne leaves due to corruption in Ukraïne. The International Monetary Fund has issued warnings on corruption to Ukraïne, [[http://nos.nl/artikel/2086000-harde-waarschuwing-imf-voor-oekraine.html|"in strong language"]].
 ===== 2016 January ===== ===== 2016 January =====
-The association agreement between Ukraïne and the EU goes into effect. This impacts the free trade zone since 2011 between Russia (among others) and Ukraïne:// "Member states of the Eurasian Economic Union held consultations on 22 December 2015 to discuss the implications of the agreement concerning the possible duty-free transit of EU goods via Ukriane, into EEU.".. "Russia signed a decree in mid-December 2015 suspending its CIS Free Trade Agreement with respect to Ukraine from January 2016". "the Ukrainian Government responded by passing trade restrictions on Russia, with effect from 2 January 2016". "Agreements between Ukraine and other EEU states within the free trade area remain in effect".//+The association agreement between Ukraïne and the EU goes into effect. This impacts the free trade zone that was in effect since 2011 between Russia (among others) and Ukraïne:// "Member states of the Eurasian Economic Union held consultations on December 22nd 2015 to discuss the implications of the agreement concerning the possible duty-free transit of EU goods via Ukraïne, into EEU.".. "Russia signed a decree in mid-December 2015 suspending its CIS Free Trade Agreement with respect to Ukraine from January 1st 2016". "the Ukrainian Government responded by passing trade restrictions on Russia, with effect from 2 January 2016". "Agreements between Ukraine and other EEU states within the free trade area remain in effect".//
  
-The CIA investigates the eledged financing by Russia of the Dutch referendum and billionaire [[http://925.nl/archief/2016/01/23/george-soros-heeft-vooral-financiele-belangen-bij-oekraine-olie-en-gas/|George Soros]] supports the YES campaign of http://stemvoornederland.nl for the referendum. Soros made a statement in 2015 that he intended to invest a billion dollar in Ukraïne. George Soros is also known as the man 'who broke the bank of England' when he made a billion dollar by speculating against the British pound in 1992. China warned Soros in january not to speculate against the Chinese currency, like he did with the British pound.+The CIA investigates the eledged financing by Russia of the Dutch referendum and billionaire [[http://925.nl/archief/2016/01/23/george-soros-heeft-vooral-financiele-belangen-bij-oekraine-olie-en-gas/|George Soros]] supports the YES campaign of http://stemvoornederland.nl for the referendum. Soros made a statement in 2015 that he intended to invest a billion dollar in Ukraïne. George Soros is also known as the man 'who broke the bank of England' when he made a billion dollar by speculating against the British pound in 1992. China warned Soros in January not to speculate against the Chinese currency, like he did with the British pound.
   * [[http://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/politiek/cia-onderzoekt-russische-rol-bij-geenpeil]]   * [[http://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/politiek/cia-onderzoekt-russische-rol-bij-geenpeil]]
   * [[http://nos.nl/artikel/2082091-amerikaanse-miljardair-sponsort-ja-campagne-oekraine-referendum.html]]   * [[http://nos.nl/artikel/2082091-amerikaanse-miljardair-sponsort-ja-campagne-oekraine-referendum.html]]
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 ===== 2015 December ===== ===== 2015 December =====
-Ukraïne partially defaults on a debt to russia of 3 billion dollars. Rusland does not accept such default, under international law. In 2014 Ukraïne suffered an inflation rate of 12,1%, unemployment of 9,3%, deficit of -4,5% and a state debt in % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP, all money made in a country in a year) of 71,2%. A statedebt  [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overheidsschuld|higher than 60%]] is, according to the Maatricht treaty (the treaty of the EU) considered to be unsustainable long term. In comparison, The Netherlands in 2014 had 68,8%, Greece had 177,1%, Russia in 2014 had 17,9% (no type-o; it says 17 point 9 percent). The United States in 2014 have a state debt in 2014 of over 2014% over GDP. +Ukraïne partially defaults on a debt to russia of 3 billion dollars. Russia does not accept such default, under international law. In 2014 Ukraïne suffered an inflation rate of 12,1%, unemployment of 9,3%, deficit of -4,5% and a state debt in % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP, all money made in a country in a year) of 71,2%. A state-debt  [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overheidsschuld|higher than 60%]] is, according to the Maatricht treaty (the treaty of the EU) considered to be unsustainable long term. In comparison, The Netherlands in 2014 had 68,8%, Greece had 177,1%, Russia in 2014 had 17,9% (no type-o; it says 17 point 9 percent). The United States in 2014 had a state debt of over 2014% over GDP. 
-  * An overview of statedebt in the other countries in the EU is on  [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europese_staatsschuldencrisis|this wikipedia page]].+  * An overview of state-debt in the other countries in the EU is on  [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europese_staatsschuldencrisis|this wikipedia page]].
   * [[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-18/ukraine-defaults-on-3-billion-russia-bond-as-court-battle-looms]]   * [[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-18/ukraine-defaults-on-3-billion-russia-bond-as-court-battle-looms]]
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekra%C3%AFne]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekra%C3%AFne]]
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 ===== 2015 November ===== ===== 2015 November =====
-Poroshenko, the president elect of Ukraïne in 2014, makes a press conference statement with Dutch prime minister Rutte present, that the association treaty with move forward regardless the outcome of the referendum. In January 2016 this statement is confirmed, which leads to questions in Dutch parliament. +Poroshenko, the president elect of Ukraïne in 2014, makes a press conference statement with Dutch prime minister Rutte present, that the association treaty will move forward regardless the outcome of the Dutch referendum. In January 2016 this statement is confirmed, which leads to questions in Dutch parliament. 
   * [[http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/oekraine-associatieverdrag-gaat-door-ongeacht-referendum~a4195769/]]   * [[http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/oekraine-associatieverdrag-gaat-door-ongeacht-referendum~a4195769/]]
   * [[http://www.volkskrant.nl/opinie/-europese-unie-heeft-lak-aan-geen-peil-referendum~a4226146/]]   * [[http://www.volkskrant.nl/opinie/-europese-unie-heeft-lak-aan-geen-peil-referendum~a4226146/]]
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 ===== 2015 October ===== ===== 2015 October =====
-The ministry of the interior in the Netherlands will only spend half the budget of a regular vote  [[https://www.burgercomite-eu.nl/pvda-en-vvd-saboteren-geenpeil-referendum/|for this referendum]], some municipalities will open less voting stations as a result of this. 'Kieskompas' polled that this will have a negative effect on the number of people that will vote and might impair the validity of the referendum. It's up to towns themselves to decide howmany voting locations they will open with the provided budget.+The ministry of the interior in the Netherlands will only spend half the budget of that of a regular vote  [[https://www.burgercomite-eu.nl/pvda-en-vvd-saboteren-geenpeil-referendum/|for this referendum]], some municipalities will open less voting stations as a result of this. 'Kieskompas' polled that this will have a negative effect on the number of people that will vote and might impair the validity of the referendum. It's up to towns themselves to decide how many voting locations they will open with the provided budget.
   * [[http://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/politiek/644405-1601/beperkt-aantal-stembureaus-benvloedt-uitkomst-geenpeil-referendum]]   * [[http://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/politiek/644405-1601/beperkt-aantal-stembureaus-benvloedt-uitkomst-geenpeil-referendum]]
   * [[http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/4174587/2015/10/30/Gemeenten-te-weinig-geld-voor-referendum-GeenPeil.dhtml]]   * [[http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/4174587/2015/10/30/Gemeenten-te-weinig-geld-voor-referendum-GeenPeil.dhtml]]
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 ===== 2015 Augustus ===== ===== 2015 Augustus =====
-A group of creditors comes to an agreements about a partial write-off of Ukraïne state debt. Creditor nation Russia is asked to participate, but refuses.+A group of creditors comes to an agreements about a partial write-off of Ukraïne state debt. Creditor nation Russia is asked to participate in the write off, but refuses.
   * [[http://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/schuldeisers-oekraine-schelden-ruim-3-miljard-kwijt~a4130619/]]   * [[http://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/schuldeisers-oekraine-schelden-ruim-3-miljard-kwijt~a4130619/]]
  
 ===== 2015 July ===== ===== 2015 July =====
-The Netherlands passes the association agreement with accompanying trade agreement with Ukraïne, Moldavia and Georgia into law. These parties voted in favour; CDA, de ChristenUnie, SGP, VVD, Houwers, Klein, group Kuzu/Öztürk, 50PLUS, Van Vliet, D66, GroenLinks and PvdA. Agaist were; SP, PVV, PvdD. Because a week earlier the [[http://stukroodvlees.nl/het-referendum-geen-gratis-bier-wel-duivelse-details/|advisory referendum law]] went into effect, the initiative could be taken to demand for a referendum about the 'association law with Ukraïne' and call for a vote on the law in the Netherlands. By law 300.000 signatures were required, [[https://www.burgercomite-eu.nl/referendum-oekraine/|427.393]] were collected.  +The Netherlands passes the association agreement with accompanying trade agreement with Ukraïne, Moldavia and Georgia into law. These parties voted in favour; CDA, de ChristenUnie, SGP, VVD, Houwers, Klein, group Kuzu/Öztürk, 50PLUS, Van Vliet, D66, GroenLinks and PvdA. Against were; SP, PVV, PvdD. Because a week earlier the [[http://stukroodvlees.nl/het-referendum-geen-gratis-bier-wel-duivelse-details/|advisory referendum law]] went into effect, the initiative was thus taken to demand for a referendum about the 'association law with Ukraïne' and call for a vote on the law in the Netherlands. By law 300.000 signatures were required, [[https://www.burgercomite-eu.nl/referendum-oekraine/|427.393]] were collected.  
   * [[https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/trb-2014-160.html]]   * [[https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/trb-2014-160.html]]
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associatieovereenkomst_tussen_de_Europese_Unie_en_Oekra%C3%AFne]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associatieovereenkomst_tussen_de_Europese_Unie_en_Oekra%C3%AFne]]
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 To avoid bankrupcy Ukraine is granted a four year financial aid packet (loans) with a value of 40 billion dollar - over 35 billion euro. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) backs 17,5 billion of the loan. To avoid bankrupcy Ukraine is granted a four year financial aid packet (loans) with a value of 40 billion dollar - over 35 billion euro. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) backs 17,5 billion of the loan.
  
-The rest is from other sources - including the European Union, paying 1,8 billion dollar. As announced by chair to the IMF, Christine Lagarde, on a press conference".+The rest is from other sources - including the European Union, paying 1,8 billion dollar. As announced by chair to the IMF, Christine Lagarde, on a press conference.
   * [[http://www.elsevier.nl/Economie/achtergrond/2015/2/Oekraine-zware-hervormingen-in-ruil-voor-35-miljard-euro-1704919W/]]   * [[http://www.elsevier.nl/Economie/achtergrond/2015/2/Oekraine-zware-hervormingen-in-ruil-voor-35-miljard-euro-1704919W/]]
   * [[https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2015/pr1551.htm]]   * [[https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2015/pr1551.htm]]
  
 ===== 2014 November ===== ===== 2014 November =====
-The 'Nederlandsche Bank'(Dutch central bank) announced that is had retreived 122 tonnes of the physical Dutch gold stash from the United States to Netherlands. The records of gold kept by the Federal Reserve bank in the US 'misses'as becomes only later apparantapproximately 30 tonnes of gold. In other words in 2014 30 more tonnes were retreived from the NY Fed than they had exported. In 2015 this is 'corrected'. 30 tonnes of gold appeared from somewhere in 2014, other than the Federal Reserve safe.+The 'Nederlandsche Bank'(Dutch central bank) announced that is had retreived 122 tonnes of the physical Dutch gold stash from the United States to Netherlands. The records of gold kept by the Federal Reserve bank in the US 'misses' (as becomes only later apparantapproximately 30 tonnes of gold. Put differently; in 2014 30 more tonnes were retreived from the NY Fed than they had exported. In 2015 this is 'corrected'. 30 tonnes of gold appeared 'from somewherein 2014, other than the Federal Reserve vaults.
  
 \\ Speculation about gold repatriation by the Netherlands and Germany in 2014 in relation to the MH17 investigation; http://joostniemoller.nl/2014/12/wel-heel-toevallig-nl-goud-terug-mh17-wrakstukken-hierheen/ \\ Speculation about gold repatriation by the Netherlands and Germany in 2014 in relation to the MH17 investigation; http://joostniemoller.nl/2014/12/wel-heel-toevallig-nl-goud-terug-mh17-wrakstukken-hierheen/
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 ===== 2014 July ===== ===== 2014 July =====
-MH17 - MH17 is surrounded by various matters that will influence perception of all parties involved, also in the referendum. A summary of available information (or lack there off) would be a summary of speculation, and has therefor no substantial part in this historical timeline. +MH17 - MH17 is surrounded by various matters that will influence perception of all parties involved, also in the referendum. A summary of available confirmed information however (or lack there off) would be a summary of speculation, and has therefor no substantial part in this historical timeline. 
  
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines-vlucht_17]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines-vlucht_17]]
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 ===== 2014 April ===== ===== 2014 April =====
-Hunter Biden (son of USA vice president son Joe Biden) is added to, and becomes the chairman of the board of Ukraïns largest oilcompany+Hunter Biden (son of USA vice president son Joe Biden) is added to, and becomes the chairman ofthe board of Ukraïns largest oilcompany
   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden]]   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden]]
  
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 ===== 2014 March ===== ===== 2014 March =====
-The Crimeacrisis and conflict in eastern Ukraïnein reaction to the government change in Ukraïne  [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea|Crimea]] (a Russian oriented peninsula) separates from Ukraïne through a referendum/Russia takes over Government in Crimea without bloodshed and later annexes it. Crimea was part of similar conflicts in the past, after which it was part of Russia until 1954 (in 1954 Rusland handed it over to Ukraïne). In eastern Ukraïne an armed conflict emerges between Ukraïne and parties that also want to separate. In the treaty of Minsk a year later some form of cease fire was agreed upon. In that conflict region flight MH17 is shot down a few months later.+The Crimeacrisis and conflict in eastern Ukraïnein reaction to the government change in Ukraïne  [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea|Crimea]] (a Russian oriented peninsula) separates from Ukraïne through a referendum/Russia takes over Government in Crimea without bloodshed and later annexes it. Crimea was part of similar conflicts in the past, after which it was part of Russia until 1954 (in 1954 Rusland handed it over to Ukraïne). In eastern Ukraïne an armed conflict emerges between Ukraïne and parties that also want to separate. In the treaty of Minsk a year later some form of cease fire was agreed upon. In that conflict region flight MH17 is shot down a few months later.
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krimcrisis ]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krimcrisis ]]
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krim]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krim]]
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   * [[http://www.nu.nl/buitenland/3728787/oekraine-moet-volwaardig-lid-worden-van-eu.html]]   * [[http://www.nu.nl/buitenland/3728787/oekraine-moet-volwaardig-lid-worden-van-eu.html]]
   * [[http://www.modernukraine.eu/fule-proposes-to-admit-ukraine-to-eu/]]   * [[http://www.modernukraine.eu/fule-proposes-to-admit-ukraine-to-eu/]]
 +
 ===== 2014 February ===== ===== 2014 February =====
-De oude grondwet van vóór de revolutie van 2004 wordt weer aangenomennadat president Janoekovytsj het land is ontvlucht//"Na rellen en wat lijkt op een staatsgreep werd de macht overgenomen door regering-Jatsenjoek. Het is een interim-regering die steunt op de zetelverdeling voortgekomen uit de parlementsverkiezingen van 2012. Opmerkelijk is onder meer dat ze geleid wordt door een niet-verkozen premierde bankier Arseni Jatsenjoek, en dat prominente ministerposten bezet worden door het neonazistische Svoboda"//+The previous constitution of before the revolution of 2004 is reinstatedafter president Janoekovytsj fled te countryAfter riots and what appeared a coup or power grab, ruling power was taken over by the Jatsenjoek governmentThis is an interim government built upon the outcome of the parliamentary elections of 2012. Remarkably though is it is now being led by the non-elected prime ministerbanker Arseni Jatsenjoek, and that several ministries are held by neonazi Svoboda party members.
  
-Over de plek van Oekraïne in de EU doet voorzitter van de Europese raad Herman van Rompuy op een congres in Munchen de volgende uitspraak: //"the future of Ukraïne belongs with the European Union"//.+Chairman of the European council, Herman van Rompuy makes the following statement on a congress in Munich, about the place of Ukraïne in the EU; //"the future of Ukraïne belongs with the European Union"//.
  
-Minister van buitenlandse zaken van Rusland Sergej Lavrov zegt op datzelfde congres:// "wat heeft het aanmoedigen van gewelddadige straatprotesten te maken met het promoten van de democratieWaarom horen we geen veroordeling van de bezetting van regeringsgebouwen, het geweld tegen de politie en het antisemitische of neonazistische taalgebruik?"//+Minister of foreign affairs or Russia, Sergej Lavrov, makes these comments on the same congresswhat does the encouragement of violent streetprotests have to do with promoting democracy"Why do we not hear a condemnation of the occupation of government buildings? Of the violence agaist police and the antisemitic or neonazist language?".
  
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regering-Jatsenjoek]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regering-Jatsenjoek]]
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 ===== 2013 December ===== ===== 2013 December =====
-'Assistant Secretary of State' (een soort staatssecretaris) van de Verenigde Staten Victoria Nuland vertelt op een door Amerikaans oliebedrijf Chevron gesponsord event, dat ze miljard dollar heeft geïnvesteerd ten behoeve van Oekraïne'EU integratie en een EU gericht regime. Victoria Nuland maakte daarna op 27 januari haar 'Fuck the EU' uitspraak in gesprek met de ambassadeur van de Verenigde Statenover de installatie van een interim regeringHet ging er over hoe; //'de Amerikaanse regering secretaris-generaal Ban Ki-moon van de VN ertoe kan overhalen de Nederlandse diplomaat Robert Serry als zijn speciale gezant naar Oekraïne te sturen.'// Ze wilde samenwerking tussen Janoekovytsj en de oppositie bewerkstelligen door inzet van deze Nederlandse diplomaat+'Assistant Secretary of State' of the United States Victoria Nuland, on an event sponsored by the American oil company Chevronmakes the following statement; We've invested billion dollar on behalf of the Ukraïne EU integration and a EU centric regime. Victoria Nuland would later (January 27th) make her 'Fuck the EU' statement in a conversation with the ambassador of the United Statesabout the installation of an interim government in UkraïneIt went into how the American government could persuade United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to sent Dutch diplomat Robert Serry to Ukraïne as his special envoyShe wanted to enable coorperation between Janoekovytsj and the opposition, by using this diplomat
   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2fYcHLouXY]] (7min26)   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2fYcHLouXY]] (7min26)
   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIvRljAaNgg]] (3min)   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIvRljAaNgg]] (3min)
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 ===== 2013 November ===== ===== 2013 November =====
-Toenmalig president van Oekraïne Janoekovytsj brak de procedures in Vilnius af die moesten leiden tot het tekenen van een associatieverdrag incl. handelsverdrag waaraan sinds 2007 werd onderhandeld en dat voortkwam uit de ' European Neighbourhood Policy'. In Vilnius werden wél associatieverdragen (incl. het overkoepelende handelsverdrag DCFTA) gesloten met Moldavië en Georgië: '//.. recently concluded negotiations for  a Deep and Comprehensive  Free  Trade  Area  (DCFTA)  with Moldova, Armenia //[in juli 2013]// and Georgia. The DCFTAs are part of the Association  Agreements with these three countries. The  official initialing of the Association Agreements with Moldova and Georgia  took place during the Eastern Partnership Summit on 29 November 2013 in Vilnius."+Former Ukraïne president Janoekovytsj broke off the procedures in Vilnius that were intended to lead to the signing of the association treaty with trade agreement that had been negotiated since 2007, and that would be a successor to the 'European Neighbourhood Policy'. In Vilnius however association treaties would be signed (incl. the trade deal DCFTA) with Moldova and Georgia: '//.. recently concluded negotiations for  a Deep and Comprehensive  Free  Trade  Area  (DCFTA)  with Moldova, Armenia //[in July 2013]// and Georgia. The DCFTAs are part of the Association  Agreements with these three countries. The  official initialing of the Association Agreements with Moldova and Georgia took place during the Eastern Partnership Summit on November 29th 2013 in Vilnius."
  
 "One week before the 3rd Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius on 28th and 29th November 2013 Ukraine suspended the preparation of an Association Agreement under negotiation since 2007. The argument put forward was that Ukraine wanted to prepare an "equal" exchange with the Union and "revive economic negotiations" with Russia. In fact Russia, which had showed its concern about this agreement since the summer of 2013, had achieved its aim: of impeding a rapprochement process with the European Union deemed incompatible with Ukraine's membership of the Customs Union."// "One week before the 3rd Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius on 28th and 29th November 2013 Ukraine suspended the preparation of an Association Agreement under negotiation since 2007. The argument put forward was that Ukraine wanted to prepare an "equal" exchange with the Union and "revive economic negotiations" with Russia. In fact Russia, which had showed its concern about this agreement since the summer of 2013, had achieved its aim: of impeding a rapprochement process with the European Union deemed incompatible with Ukraine's membership of the Customs Union."//
   * [[http://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/european-issues/0327-the-european-neighbourhood-policy-put-to-the-test-by-the-ukrainian-crisis]]   * [[http://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/european-issues/0327-the-european-neighbourhood-policy-put-to-the-test-by-the-ukrainian-crisis]]
   * [[http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2012/november/tradoc_150129.pdf]]   * [[http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2012/november/tradoc_150129.pdf]]
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 ===== 2011 October ===== ===== 2011 October =====
-Een sooort vrij handelsverdrag wordt getekend tussen RuslandOekraïne en nog zes landen, de Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA). +A free trade agreement of sorts is being signed into law between RussiaUkraïne and six other countries; the Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA). 
   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States_Free_Trade_Area]]   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States_Free_Trade_Area]]
    
 ===== 2009 July ===== ===== 2009 July =====
-Het Oostelijk Partnerschap - //"is een samenwerkingsverband tussen de Europese Unie en zes voormalige Sovjetrepublieken in Oost-Europa en de Kaukasus, te weten Armenië, Azerbeidzjan, GeorgiëMoldaviëOekraïne en Wit-Rusland. Het Oostelijk Partnerschap werd op 7 mei 2009 te Praag opgericht en doelt voornamelijk op de verbetering van politieke en economische relaties met die landenVoor Europa zou deze samenwerking ook zorgen voor meer stabiliteit en veiligheid aan de oostkantHet Oostelijk Partnerschap is onderdeel van het Europees Nabuurschapsbeleid."// Rusland maakt van dit partnerschap geen deel uit: //“Russia is a large self-sufficient country with its own views on European and Euro-Atlantic integration. In contrast to some smaller Eastern European or South Caucasus countries striving for EU-membership Russia is neither a subject nor an object of the European Neighbourhood Policy.”// +The Eastern Partnerschap - a collaboration agreement between the European Union and six former Sovjetrepublics in Eastern Europe and KaukasusArmenië, Azerbeidzjan, GeorgiaMoldovaUkraïne and white-Rusland. The Eastern Partnership was instituted on may seventh 2009 in Prague and intends to improve political and economic reletions between signing countriesFor Europe, this treaty would also aim to provide more stability and security on its eastern bordersThe Eastern partnership is part of the European Neighbourhood policyRussia would not participate, as per its statement; //“Russia is a large self-sufficient country with its own views on European and Euro-Atlantic integration. In contrast to some smaller Eastern European or South Caucasus countries striving for EU-membership Russia is neither a subject nor an object of the European Neighbourhood Policy.”// 
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostelijk_Partnerschap]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostelijk_Partnerschap]]
   * [[http://www.internationalespectator.nl/pub/2015/4/rusland_en_het_eu-oostelijk_partnerschap/]]   * [[http://www.internationalespectator.nl/pub/2015/4/rusland_en_het_eu-oostelijk_partnerschap/]]
-===== 2007 - november 2013 =====+ 
 +===== 2007 - November 2013 =====
 //"European Neighbourhood Policy - ENP is chiefly a bilateral policy between the EU and each partner country."//  //"European Neighbourhood Policy - ENP is chiefly a bilateral policy between the EU and each partner country."// 
   * [[http://eeas.europa.eu/enp/about-us/index_en.htm]]   * [[http://eeas.europa.eu/enp/about-us/index_en.htm]]
-  * [[http://eeas.europa.eu/enp/pdf/2015/ukraine-enp-report-2015_en.pdf|Rapport van de status van het ENP tussen de EU en Oekraine over 2015]]+  * [[http://eeas.europa.eu/enp/pdf/2015/ukraine-enp-report-2015_en.pdf|Report on the status of the ENP between the EU and Ukraine about 2015]]
   * [[http://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/european-issues/0327-the-european-neighbourhood-policy-put-to-the-test-by-the-ukrainian-crisis]]   * [[http://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/european-issues/0327-the-european-neighbourhood-policy-put-to-the-test-by-the-ukrainian-crisis]]
  
 ===== 2005 June ===== ===== 2005 June =====
-//"Een referendum over het Verdrag tot vaststelling van een Grondwet voor Europa zou gehouden worden in minstens tien landen in de Europese UnieNadat in Frankrijk en Nederland de meerderheid tegen stemde werden de meeste nog te houden referenda uitgesteld. In Tsjechië werd het zelfs geannuleerd""Het Verdrag dient echter wel door alle 25 landen goedgekeurd te worden"..."en is daarom vervangen door het Verdrag van Lissabon."+referendum about the treaty that would institute the constitution of Europe was to be held in at least ten countries in the European UnionAfter a France and Dutch majority NO vote, most referendums elsewhere got postponed. In Tsjechie it would even be cancelledAs the treaty needed ratification by all 25 member states, it could not move forwardIt would later be enacted anyway through the Lisboa treaty.
  
-\\ "Een meerderheid van de Nederlandse kiezers stemde op 1 juni 2005 tegen de Europese Grondwet bij het eerste nationale referendum ooit in ons land""Het kabinet trok daarop het wetsvoorstel waarmee de officiële goedkeuring geregeld moest worden, in.+A majority of Dutch voters on june 1st says NO to the European constitution in the first ever national referendum held in the NetherlandsThe cabinet then retracted the proposed law that was intended to lead to the approval of said constitution
  
-De vraag die aan de kiezers werd voorgelegd, luiddeBent u voor of tegen instemming door Nederland met het Verdrag tot vaststelling van een Grondwet voor Europa?"//+The question asked of the Dutch wasAre you in favour of, or against the Netherlands agreeing to the treaty that institutes the constitution of Europe?
  
-De Europese grondwet die in 2005 in referenda werd verworpen, werd vervangen door het '[[http://www.europeesparlement.nl/nl/europa_jij/verdrag_lissabon.html|Verdrag van Lissabon]]'Daarmee (we stemmen NEEmaar ze doen het tochheeft het 'raadgevend referendum' van 2016 op voorhand een extra lading gekregenOok omdat de Europese Unie in januari 2016, al voor het referendum in Nederland, tot uitvoering van het associatieakkoord lijkt te zijn overgegaan+The European constitution that got rejected in 2005 got replaced by the '[[http://www.europeesparlement.nl/nl/europa_jij/verdrag_lissabon.html|Treaty of Lisboa]]'This (we vote NObut they do it anywayin 2005 gives an extra meaning to some with the second referendum in 2016. All the more so since the European Union on january 2016 already went ahead and put the association treaty into effect regardless the Dutch referendum. 
  
   * [[http://www.parlement.com/id/vh8ml7j9udxm/referendum_europese_grondwet]]   * [[http://www.parlement.com/id/vh8ml7j9udxm/referendum_europese_grondwet]]
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum_over_het_Verdrag_tot_vaststelling_van_een_Grondwet_voor_Europa]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum_over_het_Verdrag_tot_vaststelling_van_een_Grondwet_voor_Europa]]
 +
 ===== 2005 ===== ===== 2005 =====
 //"The European Neighbourhood Action Plan on Ukraine was launched in 2005. It is intended to set out political and economic priorities for action by the country. It provides for a benchmarked roadmap in bringing about needed reforms and fulfillment of these priorities is meant to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union"//  //"The European Neighbourhood Action Plan on Ukraine was launched in 2005. It is intended to set out political and economic priorities for action by the country. It provides for a benchmarked roadmap in bringing about needed reforms and fulfillment of these priorities is meant to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union"// 
   * [[http://fae.pl/biuletynopinieeutowardukraine.pdf]]   * [[http://fae.pl/biuletynopinieeutowardukraine.pdf]]
 +
  
 ===== 2004 ===== ===== 2004 =====
-'Oranje revolutie' in Oekraïne en de invoering van een nieuwe grondwet na verkiezingen die door Janoekovitsj werden gewonnen//"De economische situatie van het land was in de periode vanaf de jaren 90 zwaar verslechterdDe bevolking daalde van 52 naar 48 miljoen en het BNP van het land was in 1998 gedaald tot 40% van wat het was in 1990""De Oekraïense bevolking gaf massaal gehoor aan de oproep van Joesjtsjenko// [verliezend kandidaat]// zich niet bij de uitslag neer te leggen. Dit leidde tot een ernstige politieke crisis, die steeds meer het karakter kreeg van een volksopstand, waarbij ook steeds vaker werd gesproken over de mogelijkheid van een burgeroorlog of ook een splitsing van het land in twee helften, waarbij sommigen zelfs dreigden Oost-Oekraïne bij Rusland te willen voegen. Joesjtsjenko is niet erg geliefd in het oosten van het land, daar hij als een van de belangrijkste personen wordt gezien achter de IMF-hervormingen van 1994, waarbij de prijzen van openbare goederen sterk stegen (elektriciteit met 600%, openbaar vervoer met 900%), de koopkracht daalde met 75%, de import van westerse goederen sterk steeg (waartegen veel nationale particuliere en overheidsbedrijven niet konden produceren en daardoor failliet gingen) en grote delen van de niet rendabele industrie werden geslotenOost-Oekraïne is sterk gericht op de industrie en werd daardoor zwaar getroffen."// +'Orange revolution' in Ukraïne and the subsequent new constitution, after elections won by Janoekovitsj. The economic situation of the country had deteriorated sharply in the ninetiesUkrains population declined from 52 to 48 million and the GDP in 1998 had dropped to 40% it had been in 1990. The Ukraïnian population followed Joesjtsjenko'[loosing candidatecall not to accept the outcome, which led to a massive political crisis, that would grow into an uprising of sorts. A civil war or a spril-up of the country could even be the outcome. Some threatened to try and get East Ukraïne to join Russia. Joesjtsjenko was not very popular in the eastern parts. He's regarded as one of the leading people behind the 'IMF-reforms of 1994'during whick time prices of goods and services rose sharply (electricity up 600%, public transportation up 900%), purchasing power declines with 75%. The import of western goods rose sharply which caused a decline in demand for local produced goodsMany local companies and government led services went out of business. Large parts of the industrialized production facilities were closed down. Eastern Ukraïne is strong on that industry and got hit hard  * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranjerevolutie]]
-  * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranjerevolutie]]+
   * [[https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/1996/pr9624.htm]]   * [[https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/1996/pr9624.htm]]
  
 ===== 1998 March - 2008 ===== ===== 1998 March - 2008 =====
-//"Partnerschapsen samenwerkingsovereenkomst EU-OekraineSinds het einde van de jaren negentig heeft de Europese Unie (EU) tien vergelijkbare partnerschapsen samenwerkingsovereenkomsten (PSO / PCA) gesloten met: Rusland en de Nieuwe Onafhankelijke Staten van Oost-Europade Zuidelijke Kaukasus en Centraal-AziëArmenië, Azerbeidzjan, Georgië, Kazachstan, Kirgizië, MoldaviëOekraïne, Oezbekistan en Tadzjikistan."// +Partnershipand collaboration treaty EU-UkraineEver since the nineties the European Union (EU) made ten comparable Partnershipand collaboration agreements (PCA) with Russia and the new independent states in Eastern Ukrainesouthern Kaukasus and central AsiaArmenia, Azerbeidzjan, Georgia, Kazachstan, Kirgizië, MoldovaUkraïne, Oezbekistan and Tadzjikistan. 
   * [[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/NL/TXT/?uri=URISERV%3Ar17002]]   * [[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/NL/TXT/?uri=URISERV%3Ar17002]]
   * [[http://www.europa-nu.nl/id/vj45c5qt9gxe/relatie_eu_oekraine#p4]]   * [[http://www.europa-nu.nl/id/vj45c5qt9gxe/relatie_eu_oekraine#p4]]
Regel 202: Regel 209:
 ===== 1991 December ===== ===== 1991 December =====
  
-Door RuslandOekraïne en Belarus werd na 'de Sovjetunieeen soort Russisch gemenebest (de CIS, of SNG) opgerichtEen paar weken later waren er 12 deelnemende landen, behalve Estland, Letland en Litouwendeze werden lid van de NAVO en EU.+RussiaUkraïne and Belarus started/founded, after 'the Sovjetunion era', a Russian oriented commonwealth (CIS, or SNG). A few weeks later there were twelve participating countries. Except for Estland, Letland en Lithowaniathey instead joined NATO and EU.
  
 //"The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, of SNG); also called the Russian Commonwealth) is a regional organisation formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union, whose participating countries are some former Soviet Republics." "The CIS is a loose association of states"... "in the realm of trade, finance, lawmaking, and security. It has also promoted cooperation on cross-border crime prevention". // //"The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, of SNG); also called the Russian Commonwealth) is a regional organisation formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union, whose participating countries are some former Soviet Republics." "The CIS is a loose association of states"... "in the realm of trade, finance, lawmaking, and security. It has also promoted cooperation on cross-border crime prevention". //
Regel 208: Regel 215:
   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States]]   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States]]
  
-===== 1991 augustus =====+===== 1991 Augustus =====
  
-//"Oekraïne riep op 24 augustus 1991 zijn onafhankelijkheid uittoen in de Sovjet-Unie een staatsgreep van conservatieve krachten was misluktDe bevolking sprak zich op 1 december per referendum uit voor onafhankelijkheid. Enkele weken later hield de Sovjet-Unie op te bestaan."//+Ukraïne claimed indenpendence on august 24th 1991, after a conservative power grab in the Sovjet-Union had failedThere was a referendum for independence in august, a few weeks later the Sovjet-Union seaced to exist.
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekra%C3%AFne]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekra%C3%AFne]]
  
 ===== 1990 ===== ===== 1990 =====
-Met de val van de Berlijnse muur,  vielen de 'Oostbloklanden' (waaronder ook OekraïneuiteenTot die tijd waren ze onderdeel van het 'Warschaupact' waar ook het huidige Rusland deel van uitmaakteVolgens een onderzoek uit 2013 over het dan nog onverdeelde Oekraïne//'56% betreurde de val van Sovjet-Unie en maar 23% vond het een goede zaak'.// Wikipedia haalt deze quote uit RT (Russia Today), die weer refereert aan een onderzoek van Gallup (Amerikaans onderzoeksbureau).+With the fall of the Berlin wall the former east-block countries (among them Ukrainefell apartUp until then the were part of the 'Warschaupact' of which also present day Russia was memberAccording to a poll in 2013, in the the still united Ukraine; 56% regretted the fall of the Sovjet-Union and a mere 23% though it was good riddance.Wikipedia got this quote from RT (Russia Today), who in turn refered to an investigation by the US based Gallup organization
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warschaupact]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warschaupact]]
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_van_het_communisme]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_van_het_communisme]]
Regel 222: Regel 229:
  
 ===== 1993 ===== ===== 1993 =====
-//"[[http://www.denederlandsegrondwet.nl/9353000/1/j9vvihlf299q0sr/vh83ulv5s9zw|Het Verdrag van Maastricht]] vormde in 1993 de huidige Europese UnieDe laatste aanpassing aan de constitutionele basis was in 2009 met het (in 2007 ondertekende) [[http://www.europeesparlement.nl/nl/europa_jij/verdrag_lissabon.html|Verdrag van Lissabon]]."//+//"[[http://www.denederlandsegrondwet.nl/9353000/1/j9vvihlf299q0sr/vh83ulv5s9zw|The Maastricht Treaty]] in 1993 layed the foundation of present day European UnionThe last change to its constitutional basis was in 2009 with the (in 2007 signed) [[http://www.europeesparlement.nl/nl/europa_jij/verdrag_lissabon.html|Treaty of Lisboa]]."//
  
 ===== 1958 ===== ===== 1958 =====
-//"Oprichting voorloper van de Europese Unie door Belgiëde Bondsrepubliek DuitslandFrankrijkItaliëLuxemburg en Nederland"//+The founding of the predecessor of the European Union by BelgiumGermanyFranceItalyLuxembourg and the Netherlands
   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europese_Unie]]   * [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europese_Unie]]
  
 ===== 1955 ===== ===== 1955 =====
-Oprichting van het Warschaupact, nadat west Duitsland was lid geworden van de in 1949 opgerichte [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noord-Atlantische_Verdragsorganisatie|NAVO]].+The start of the Warschaupact took placeafter wester Germany joined NATO in 1949 [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noord-Atlantische_Verdragsorganisatie|NATO]].
   * [[http://historiek.net/warschaupact-1955-1991/2000/]]   * [[http://historiek.net/warschaupact-1955-1991/2000/]]
  
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-early draft of English translations start round march 2014, halfway up this page+note; many of the hyperlinks on this page are still to Dutch source materials, as they got translated from Dutch. We will continue to work on translating these pages to proper English and to better reference materials in the coming weeks leading up to the referendum. 
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