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Ashifa Kassam, Senay Boztas and Pjotr Sauer in Amsterdam

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Political turmoil rocks the netherlands after amsterdam violence - Caught on Camera

line of police facing crowd of demonstrators at night
Demonstrators protesting in Amsterdam's Dam Square on Wednesday in defiance of a ban that followed last week’s 'toxic cocktail of hooliganism, antisemitism and anger over Gaza’. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The violence that erupted on Amsterdam’s streets last week has triggered a political crisis in the Netherlands, with the ruling coalition in turmoil over alleged racist remarks made by government officials during a closed-door meeting to discuss the events.

Nora Achahbar, the Moroccan-born secretary for benefits from the centre-right New Social Contract (NSC) party, part of the ruling coalition, is expected to announce her resignation over allegedly inflammatory and racist remarks by colleagues about Dutch citizens from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Other NSC members are also considering resigning in protest, the Dutch state broadcaster NOS reported.

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