Dutch city ends ties with Polish twin declared ‘gay-free zone’

By Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Nieuwegein council votes to end links to Puławy, which has vowed to discourage tolerance

A Dutch city has severed its longstanding ties with its twin in Poland after the Polish municipality established itself as an official “gay-free zone”.

The city council of Nieuwegein, south of Utrecht, voted almost unanimously to end its friendship with Puławy in eastern Poland.

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