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Netherlands: Maastricht postpones 'coffee shop' plan

Expatica.com

Tuesday 27 Jun 2006

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BRUSSELS — The Dutch city of Maastricht has postponed its controversial
decision to move its 'coffee shops' closer to the Dutch-Belgian border.

The Dutch government has decided it will investigate the matter further
following loud protests from Belgium in recent weeks.

Maastricht wants to relocate the coffee shops — where cannabis can be
legally sold and used — away from the city centre closer to the national
border.

The plan is designed to reduce the problem of drug tourism in the
Maastricht city centre.

But the plan came up against heavy criticism from the mayors in the
Belgian border municipalities of Voeren, Lanaken and Maasmechelen.

Dutch mayors in border municipalities also expressed concerns about the
plan.

And Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt raised the matter with the
Dutch government, which has since decided to investigate the plan
together with the Belgian government.

It means that temporarily, the Maastricht coffee shops will remain where
they are.

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