GETTY The EU has gagged politicians from discussing the Dutch referendum result

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The European elite have gagged elected politicians in the Netherlands, ordering them to suppress the Dutch people's democratic voice until after our own referendum is done and dusted on June 23. In an astonishing statement delivered to the Dutch parliament this week Prime Minister Mark Rutte admitted he had been ordered by other EU leaders not to mention the referendum for the next two months.

He also blocked any decision from being taken on the future of the EU's expansionist deal with Ukraine, which Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected in last week's historic referendum. The entire opposition movement had demanded a law ratifying the treaty in the Netherlands be immediately withdrawn, arguing the "people have spoken". Dutch voters crushed the pro-Brussels 'Voor' movement last Thursday, with nearly two-thirds voting against the Ukraine deal.

GETTY Eurocrats are worried talking about the result will boost calls for a Brexit

GETTY Dutch MP Geert Wilders voiced his disgust, saying 'the people have spoken'

But Mr Rutte's Government - which has a narrow majority - outvoted them and instead chose to postpone any decision on whether to accept the will of its own people until after the UK referendum has taken place. He told the parliament chamber that bureaucrats in Brussels are increasingly worried about the British vote and consequently want any "open and public discussion" about their own referendum result suppressed until after it is over. He said: "Our political estimation, based on the first signals we received from our European partners, is that they want that [the UK referendum] out of the way first." He added that only open and public debate in Brussels about the Dutch referendum will resolve the issue, but said the earliest that can take place is after the UK referendum.

GETTY More than 60% of the Dutch people rejected an EU deal with Ukraine

GETTY Mr Rutte said Eurocrats do not want to discuss the result until after the UK referendum

The people have spoken. The people were clear. The people said No Eurosceptic Geert Wilders

His stance provoked fury amongst opposition MPs, with eurosceptic Geert Wilders raging: “The people have spoken. The people were clear. The people said No." Even parties that had initially backed the agreement with Ukraine - which aimed to bring Kiev into the EU's sphere of influence - blasted Mr Rutte's decision not to pull the plug on it immediately. Sybrand Buma, of the centre-right Christian Democrats, blasted: “Real people went to real polling stations to really say No. “I find it dramatic, but we can't say in hindsight 'it's disappointing, we are going to do what we want.'”

His left-wing Green colleague Rik Grashoff added: “I don't envy the prime minister, but he is going to have to negotiate in Brussels with the position that the Netherlands has withdrawn its support for the treaty.” In response Mr Rutte argued that he needed to embark on behind closed doors talks with other EU leaders to see if a stitch-up could be achieved to save the Ukraine deal. And Eurosceptic opposition MP Marianne Thieme said Rutte is trying to fool No voters that some renegotiation of the treaty is what they wanted. She said: “The citizen should be taken seriously. In this debate, the prime minister is feeding the public distrust in politics."

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