On April17th, the BPV had a meeting with the mayor of Amsterdam. Mrs. Femke Halsema received a group of 18 BPV members in the Ambtswoning on the Herengracht. First, there was a briefing on facts and developments of the city by the head of the department of research, information and statistics, Jeroen Slot.

The topics discussed with mayor Halsema were the results of the last Ajax game, overtourism, the Red-Light district, the Holocaust memorial, the housing projects as well as the necessity of finding new limits and measures in order to protect the city of Amsterdam and it’s reputation of being a tolerant city. BB/SL