Weight support. Environmental activist Greta Thunberg joined tens of thousands of demonstrators on Sunday during a march in Amsterdam to demand more attention from the authorities to climate change, ten days before the holding of early elections in the Netherlands .
Carrying signs proclaiming: “Our house is on fire” and “Climate justice now”, protesters gathered in Amsterdam’s central square before marching through the city. Organizers said tens of thousands of people were participating. A previous march in Amsterdam brought together 40,000 people.
“Crucial” elections close
The march was organized by a coalition of organizations including Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future, Oxfam and Greenpeace. “As crises continue to mount and six years remain to reach the Netherlands’ climate goals by 2030, the upcoming elections are the most crucial ever,” the organizations said in a statement. .
Polls show that outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s center-right VVD and a new party, the NSC, led by anti-corruption champion Pieter Omtzigt, are tied. A coalition of the Greens and the left-wing PvdA is in third place, according to polls. This party is led by Frans Timmermans, former European Commission heavyweight, the architect of the EU Green Deal.
According to a latest poll by I&O Research, climate change ranks fifth among the issues voters care about, behind housing, health care, immigration and poverty. Climate change is currently considered a less important issue than during the last 2021 elections, according to this poll.