An English-language translation featured on 17 giant hoardings promoting an Amsterdam referendum is so off-message that city officials have decided to have them remade.

The referendum on the council’s plans to determine what parts of the city should be considered key green infrastructure will take place on June 6, on the same day as the European elections.

The hoardings are there to drum up support for the vote, but, according to Anke Bakker, of the local branch of pro-animal party PvdD, the English-language text is both misleading and biased.

Source: https://www.dutchnews.nl/

Full article: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/05/red-faces-in-amsterdam-over-green-referendum-translation/