FILE PHOTO: The city of Amsterdam is pictured after appellate judges ruled that a night-time curfew would remain in place in the Netherlands, pending a government appeal of a lower-court ruling that found the measure lacked legal justification, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Netherlands February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A night-time curfew to fight the coronavirus looks set to remain in place in the Netherlands as most parties in parliament voiced support on Thursday for an emergency government bill which would circumvent a court order that the measure be dropped.
The district court of The Hague on Tuesday had ruled that the curfew should be scrapped immediately as it lacked sufficient legal basis, leaving authorities to try to draft a new law before an appeals hearing set for Friday.
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