GroenLinks, D66, PvdA and SP, four parties that together have a majority in the Biltse city council, argue for this. In a motion they write: “It is plausible that De Bilt, just as research showed about our neighboring municipality of Utrecht, was much more closely connected to colonial trade and slavery and benefited much more from the proceeds of this than we had always thought. have.”
De Bilt wants to apologize for the slavery past and organize a separate commemoration
