Dutch snub EU-Kiev pact, but exit polls cast doubt on turnout

THE HAGUE: Dutch voters Wednesday rejected a key EU pact with Ukraine in a referendum seen as a barometer of anti-EU feeling, but low turnout cast doubts on whether the ballot was valid, exit polls showed.

After a day of sluggish voting, the first exit polls released by public broadcaster NOS left broad political uncertainty in a ballot being widely watched in Europe and Moscow.