Markiezeneik Amelisweerd cannot win in Europe, ninth place for protest tree

Markiezeneik Amelisweerd cannot win in Europe ninth place for protest

The fact that the 200-year-old Marquise Oak has made it this far is not only due to how old, thick or beautiful the tree is. After all, the elections also – and perhaps even above all – revolve around the story of the tree. For example, the Utrecht oak received many votes as a symbol for the protest against the widening of the A27.

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