The anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) claim the flag is a symbol of Dutch pride and should be cleansed of its Nazi overtones.

For months, farmers flew the Dutch tricolor upside down to protest government plans to cut nitrogen emissions in half by 2030 by reducing the number of livestock in the country by a third.

Jan. 3—ALBANY — A city councilman is proposing Albany look at changing its flag because the Dutch flag it is based on was later used by Dutch Nazis. Councilman Owusu Anane said the city needs ...