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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ashifa Kassam

Online vitriol could undo decades of political progress, warns Dutch deputy PM

Sigrid Kaag speaks as journalists point microphones towards her
Sigrid Kaag speaks to the press after resigning as Dutch foreign minister in 2021. She has been a deputy PM since January 2022. Photograph: Sem van der Wal/EPA

Six years after Sigrid Kaag was catapulted into the highest ranks of Dutch politics, police keep a constant watch over her home. Cameras sweep across the back of the property while every piece of mail sent to her is screened before she can open it.

“Most people would still have the tendency to say, ‘Oh well, this is part and parcel of politics,’” said Kaag, the first deputy prime minister of the Netherlands. “I don’t accept that.”

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