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Poll: Dutch Would Also Reject EU Treaty

A majority of the Dutch is against the Treaty of Lisbon, according to a poll by Maurice de Hond. But the Netherlands is going ahead with its ratification. If the Netherlands were to hold a referendum now on the new EU treaty, 54 percent would vote against it, De Hond reported. He polled the views of the Dutch after the Irish rejected the treaty last week. A majority (56 percent) wants the Netherlands to also hold a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. It is an adaptation of the European Constitution, on which a referendum was held in the Netherlands in 2005 - which rejected it by 62 to 38 percent. (...) But there will be no referendum. The Netherlands is going ahead with the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, even though the Irish have rejected it, said Premier Jan Peter Balkenende.