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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley Europe correspondent

European drug agency opposes Amsterdam’s erotic centre plans

EMA European Union Amsterdam Femke Halsema European Medicines Agency
In 2019, European Medicines Agency moved its headquarters to Amsterdam’s southern business district, one of the proposed locations for the erotic centre.
The European Medicines Agency headquarters in Amsterdam’s southern business district, one of the proposed locations for the erotic centre. Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

The European drug regulator has said it strongly opposes the creation of a multistorey “erotic centre” near its headquarters in Amsterdam as part of city plans to relocate sex workers away from the historic red-light district.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which moved to Amsterdam from London in 2019 after Britain voted to leave the EU, said it was “very concerned” about the project, fearing “nuisance, drug dealing, drunkenness and disorderly behaviour”.

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