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EP parties to ask for a review of public spaces with references to colonial history

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Brussels, Jun 8 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leopoldo Rodríguez) The majority parties of the European Parliament will ask the government of the Belgian capital to establish a working group to "decolonize" public spaces of the region through the revision and elimination of the names of streets and squares that contain references to the colonial history of the country, especially to King Leopold II (1835-1909).FOOTAGE OF THE STATUE OF KING LEOPOLD IN BRUSSELS.

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