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Threatening voters doesn't work, says Dutch finance minister

Threatening voters with dire consequences if they reject the EU is a bad campaign tactic, Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has said. "I don't think that is a good approach," he told MEPs in the economic and financial affairs committee in response to a question about the EU referendum in the UK. He referred to the Dutch government's failure to convince voters to support an EU-Ukraine agreement in April.

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