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Constantijn Kuipers
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SInterklaas arrival
Zwarte Piet
Wednesday, 21 September 2016 - 10:55

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Far-right party to protest at Sinterklaas' arrival

Extreme right-wing group NVU is planning a protest at the national arrival of Sinterklaas in Maaslluis on November 12th, the group writes on its website. "I am not ashamed of Zwarte Piet. Stop the kids festival haters", the party writes. The NVU will apply for a protesting permit next week, foreman Kuipers Constantine said to newspaper AD. "I expect that we, as with other events where we were present, will be assigned a box where we can stand. We only want to let a positive sound be heard. Other groups want to collide with us, not us with those groups."

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