New US ambassador to the Netherlands admits no-go comments were wrong

The new US ambassador to the Netherlands has told the Telegraaf that he had made mistakes in talking about no-go zones and politicians being set on fire. Piet Hoekstra, who took up office last week and earlier refused to comment when pressed on the issue by Dutch reporters, told the Telegraaf at the weekend that his comments were ‘just wrong’. Hoekstra has been under fire in the Netherlands for making the comments in a speech in 2015, then calling the...