Minister backs free paper for teens

Culture and media minister Ronald Plasterk has asked a government committee to investigate the idea of giving all 18-year-olds a free newspaper subscription.


A French plan to do just this is a ‘charming’ initiative, Trouw newspaper reports the minister as saying.

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