The fireworks issue cannot be solved in one year, the mayor realizes. He is pleased that more and more municipalities are introducing a ban on cutting off. “But we also need a sales ban. We as municipalities cannot impose that, national politics in The Hague has to do that. It is said: then people will buy fireworks in Belgium or Germany, but you have to start somewhere. But I I am not naive in this either, there is still a long way to go.”