King honors Maastricht: ‘Live Maastricht, Maastricht lives’ | 1Limburg

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King Willem-Alexander thanked the city of Maastricht and mayor Annemarie Penn-te Strake and governor Emile Roemer from the main stage on the Vrijthof. He called the visit to the provincial capital “an unforgettable day”.

In his speech, the king mentioned the two corona years that ensured that King’s Day had to be postponed. “What is in the barrel has not soured. King’s Day Maastricht has been in the barrel for two long years. Limburg has been hit hard by the corona crisis and suffered a flood. We are so grateful that the barrel opened again. not soured. Maastricht and the grogram has grown. You have given us something that we will never forget.”

Ukraine
The king says he is deeply grateful for his family. “We have been able to celebrate this together in peace and security, in the knowledge that a few hundred kilometers here today is not given to the people of Ukraine. That is why we must fight for our democracy and demonstrate together that we want to live in a free country. “

Maastricht
What you have shown is a Maastricht of bridges between the past and the future, between residents and newcomers and between Europe and the Netherlands.

Live Maastricht, Maastricht lives
The king concluded his speech with the words ‘Live Maastricht, Maastricht is alive, thank you’. After the singing of the Dutch national anthem, the royal family disappeared from the stage accompanied by ‘It is a matter of patience’ by Rowwen Heze.

Putin
During the King’s Day route, a reporter from the NOS asked the king about the declining confidence in him by the Dutch population. He said he was happy with the constructive criticism he received. “But what I do like is constructive criticism. In other words: if you don’t have that, you can end up like Putin and nobody wants that.”

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