31 May 2012

Plans to ban burkha in the Netherlands deemed 'non-controversial'

.... It had been thought that any legislation would be delayed following the collapse of Mark Rutte’s cabinet last month. Since then the country has been run by a ‘demissionary’ or caretaker government.

.... However, members of the Lower House (Tweede Kamer) decided in a vote on Wednesday that they were non-controversial, thus authorising the caretaker government to press ahead with them. [The Amsterdam Herald ] Read more