Amsterdam, Rotterdam district councils to go in 2014
The seven district councils in Amsterdam and 14 in Rotterdam are to be abolished in 2014, home affairs minister Piet Hein Donner said on Wednesday.
The coalition agreement included a commitment to get rid of the councils which Donner says have become a special and ‘undesirable’ layer of local government.
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