A bad tempered debate took place in parliament about a
possible Dutch apology for slavery and the Dutch role in the slave trade. Prime
Minister Mark Rutte said that a formal
apology could end up increasing polarization. In the meantime the cabinet has
set up a special committee to look into slavery. During the debate the leader
of the Green Left Party, Jesse Klaver called PVV leader Geert Wilders “an
idiot.” Wilders called Klaver a “political hooligan with party members who
voted for communist mass murderers.: Esther Ouwehand of the Party for the
Animals compared turning a blind eye to racism to racism with conditions in
factory farms.Thursday, July 2, 2020
Dutch Government will not offer apology for slavery
A bad tempered debate took place in parliament about a
possible Dutch apology for slavery and the Dutch role in the slave trade. Prime
Minister Mark Rutte said that a formal
apology could end up increasing polarization. In the meantime the cabinet has
set up a special committee to look into slavery. During the debate the leader
of the Green Left Party, Jesse Klaver called PVV leader Geert Wilders “an
idiot.” Wilders called Klaver a “political hooligan with party members who
voted for communist mass murderers.: Esther Ouwehand of the Party for the
Animals compared turning a blind eye to racism to racism with conditions in
factory farms.
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