Politics at the Amstel begins with a new line-up

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The political podcast produced by AT5, Het Parool and De Telegraaf began with a new line-up. Roos van Riel and Dadelief van Dongen joined for Het Parool and will alternate, while Nicolaï Brannan continued for AT5 and Marijn Schrijver represented De Telegraaf. The podcast is scheduled to appear every Friday outside parliamentary recess via Spotify, Apple Music and the AT5 and Het Parool websites.

In its episode published the following day, the podcast discussed Mayor Halsema’s public role, a report on why the 30 km/h speed limit had not succeeded, the possible ban on disposable packaging and the reorganisation of the municipal civil service.

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