Coming Thursday (9 March), some 5,000 Dutch people will attend a political event organised by the GreenLeft party in a concert hall in Amsterdam.
The headliner of the sold-out event: party leader Jesse Klaver.
Tickets were free, but it is still remarkable for a Dutch politician to attract 5,000 people, on a stage that four weeks later will host Sting, and six weeks later, Bob Dylan.
Similar events in other smaller cities attracted several thousands more.
The meet-ups ...
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