Riot police in Eindhoven on Sunday. Photo: Rob Engelaar/ANP
Politicians across the spectrum have condemned the rioting in several Dutch cities and municipalities on the second night of the national curfew – and accused each other of stoking the violence.
In one of the first reactions, GroenLinks leader Jesse Klaver laid the blame at the door of far-right nationalist parties PVV and Forum voor Democratie. ‘This kind of rioting is exactly what happens when parties like PVV and Forum claim that NOS is fake news,’ he said on Twitter. ‘
Klaver was referring to an incident in which a security guard was sprayed in the face with a corrosive chemical as he tried to protect an NOS camera crew filming a mob that was burning down a coronavirus testing facility in Urk, Flevoland.