Dutch voters gear up for poll on key EU-Kiev deal

THE HAGUE: Dutch voters are gearing up to make their voices heard on a key European cooperation deal with Ukraine, in a referendum next week organised by euroskeptic groups and seen as a proxy poll on EU ties.

But after a low-key campaign, many of the country's 12.5 million eligible voters still say they are puzzled by what exactly they are voting for in Wednesday's poll, only the second since 2005 on European Union issues.