Tag: politics

Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen today resigned effective immediately.

He did so after Labour Party leader Wouter Bos in a surprise announcement this morning said he is retiring from politics — and suggested his leadership should be handed over to Cohen.

Amsterdam should have a more liberal drugs policy, says the local chapter of Dutch political party GroenLinks (GreenLeft).

In the concept of its campaign for next year’s town council elections, GroenLinks makes a case for a marijuana growing operation overseen by the City of Amsterdam. A handful of growers must be permitted to supply the product — provided they use ecological farming methods.