Fireworks are further out of favour in the Netherlands, with 57% now backing bans at a town or city level, according to research by I&O for local government magazine Binnenlands Bestuur.

In addition, 50% of the 2,000 adults questioned for the research support a total ban on consumer fireworks, with 45% in favour and 5% don’t knows. This is a marginal rise on 2018, the magazine said.

The big surprise, the magazine says, is that 54% of PVV voters back a ban on consumer fireworks, despite the party’s support for what it calls Dutch traditions. The only two parties with majority support for fireworks are the Christian Democrats  new nationalist party Forum voor Democratie.

In addition, almost two in five people think the window for setting off fireworks should be further restricted. At the moment, consumers are only allowed to set off fireworks from 6pm on December 31 and 2am on January 1.