Utrecht children seize power, council chamber filled with political talent

Utrecht children seize power council chamber filled with political talent

One of those talents is nine-year-old Josefine (“I’m almost ten”). She already has a political preference, D66. Although she also likes GroenLinks. “We learn all sorts of things here about how things normally work here,” she says, adding that she thinks politicians are very normal people. “We learn a lot about it and I find that interesting. You learn how things really work, and I do like politics, I find it interesting.” And yet she would rather work in a hospital later.

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