Two more political party leaders in the Netherlands announced on Monday their intention to exit national politics. Sylvana Simons, who leads BIJ1, and DENK's Farid Azarkan said they will step aside. Simons will not lead her party into the parliamentary elections on November 22, she told de Volkskrant. During the 2021 election, she secured one seat in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, for her party.
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09/03/2021 Edson da Graça and some of the cast of Gewoon Bloot. Photo credit: NTR
A television show featuring naked adults answering questions from children is causing outrage in the Netherlands before it even airs.
Gewoon Bloot, which translates to Just Naked, will air its first episode on March 21 - but some of the country s politicians are trying to shut it down.
Tunahan Kuzu, leader of party Politieke Beweging Denk, has urged supporters to write to the NPO - the country s public broadcaster - telling it to scrap the show, reports DutchNews.nl. Another - Thierry Baudet, leader of the far-right Forum for Democracy, has claimed the show comes close to promoting pedophilia .