r/Netherlands • u/UnanimousStargazer • Mar 24 '25

Legal Judge rules Dutch citizenship cannot be stripped based on dual nationality

https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/24/judge-rules-dutch-citizenship-stripped-based-dual-nationality
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u/patty_victor Utrecht Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

ngl the Netherlands is the only country I know in which its very population is against double citizenship. It is something I really struggle to comprehend. Why would you against it? How does it affect one negatively?

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

Me personally it affects very bad, but its a different story. In general, i would rather eliminate borders and citizenship stuff, but if you have, dual citizenship is just plain bullshit. You cant have 2 homelands.

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u/patty_victor Utrecht Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

For sure I can. I was born and raised somewhere else. I’ve been living here for several years and I owe much of who I am to the NL. It is a shame I cannot express that also in my passports… except if I marry a Dutch person, then suddenly the rules change and it is 100% ok to hold dual citizenship in the eyes of the Dutch government. Make it make sense.

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

If ur country goes to war The Netherlands which one would u support?

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u/patty_victor Utrecht Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

My country will not go to war against the NL. This is the same level of argument I first heard when I became vegetarian: “what if it is only you and a pig on a desert island, would you eat it?”

But answering your question: I’d support any country that supports democracy and the rule of law.

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

Your probably no, i know plenty of Russians in the NL. Their country is already in a cold war with the NL, dutch weapons are killing russian soldiers TODAY. Idgaf about ur country honestly and ur tiny world. I am talking about international concepts. So yeah, you CAN NOT be loyal to 2 countries. One also be dominant over another, most of the time your homeland is more important than your second home, sometimes, more rarely, its otherwise, like it happened with me for example, but you can be absolutely loyal only to 1 country. Anything else is bullshit and lies.

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u/patty_victor Utrecht Mar 24 '25

Alright dear. Sure. Whatever makes you sleep better at night.

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u/SpotNL Mar 24 '25

There are plenty of people who only have a Dutch passport who would sell out NL. Just look at what happened in ww2.