AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government agreed to introduce a partial ban on the wearing of the full-face veil in public places, the Home Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
The prime minister said the bill partial ban on wearing the face-covering veil, including in schools, hospitals and on public transport.
Those flouting the ban can be fined up to 405 euros (around $450).
Anti-Islam opposition politician Geert Wilders, whose far right policies have won him widespread support among Dutch voters, has long sought a ban on face veils and burqas. Wilders told Dutch television on Friday the proposed measure was “weak”.
State broadcaster NOS said that between 100 and 500 women in the Netherlands wear the face veils, most of them only occasionally.
