In his blistering speech on March 3rd at The Hague, European Commissioner Jean Claude Juncker underscored to Dutch voters that this year's free-trade agreement between Ukraine and the EU would not represent a first step toward joining the politico-economic union of 28 member states. His words dashed the hopes for many Maidan protesters who braved the cold winter in Kiev two winters ago, which led to the subsequent resignation of Victor Yanukovych, the pro-Kremlin Ukrainian president.
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