Tuesday, 17 December 2013 - 16:36
Dutch Senate votes against mega province
As expected, Dutch Senate on Tuesday voted against the government’s plan to create a mega province, the Volkskrant reports citing Reuters.
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The Dutch government wants to merge the provinces of Flevoland, Noord-Holland and Utrecht into a mega province by 2016.
The merger has been provisionally suspended, the paper said.