More than half of all adult Dutch citizens are opposed to dual nationality. Three in five people aged 18 and older believe that when a person acquires Dutch nationality they should give up their old one.
A survey conducted by the Statistics Netherlands shows that opposition against dual nationality is strongest among the less-well educated and those over the age of 45. Last year, there were 1.1 million people in the Netherlands holding at least one nationality in addition to their Dutch nationality.
The most recent figures, dating back to 2008, show that 1 in 6 Dutch citizens have a second nationality, about half of them Turkish or Moroccan. The number is growing. After naturalisation, many immigrants retain their original nationality, and upon birth their children automatically get dual citizenship too.
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will Dutch politicians with dual nationality lead by example and give up one of them ?
didn’t current Dutch Prime Minister Rutte state that he had no problem with it when it was discovered ‘’one of his own’’ had 2 nationalities ?
which nationality do they represent in parliament or local city councils ?
is the opposition due to the fact that more than half of those with dual nationality are either Turkish or Moroccan ?
the Netherlands was once so proud of being tolerant
AND :
how many nationalities does HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands have, since her father was a German ?
HM married a German too; do their children automatically become German too ?
and what about the children of Prince Willem Alexander; he married an Argentinian, do their children automatically get the Argentinian nationality ?
I travel back and forth from Texas to Holland twice a year for PhD research and vacation. I fell in love with Holland in February 2009 during my first trip and if the circumstances were right I would have loved to live there. But not at the cost of losing my birthright- an American. I could live in Holland the rest of my life and still not be "Dutch". I can act like, live like it, even at some point sound like it, but that doesn't make me a native. How many other "Dutch" have a Texan twang? None. But that also doesn't mean I can't contribute to your society by getting involved and making friends. My twins' father is Dutch so they have "dual citizenship" even though they were born in Texas. I want them to know their heritage and why being half-Dutch makes them special. But forcing someone to choose who they are is not fair.