EU's Juncker saddened by Dutch vote on Ukraine


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was saddened by the outcome of a Dutch referendum that overwhelmingly rejected a Ukraine-European Union treaty on closer political and economic ties, the Commission said on Thursday.

"The president is sad," European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told a regular news briefing.

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