What’s big, blue, furry and causes trouble? For the Netherlands, the answer to this riddle is simple: Brexit. While the British government has had trouble imagining what its exit from the European Union will actually look like, the Dutch government unveiled its own vision in the form of a hairy monster.
Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok tweeted a picture of himself with the creature, which is wearing a white T-shirt with the word “Brexit” in red letters, lying on his desk and stopping him from working. “Make sure Brexit doesn’t get – or lie – in your way,” Mr Blok, who has his arms raised in a gesture of mock frustration, said in the tweet.
“It’s a sort of funny way of warning for Brexit, but in a relaxed way,” a Dutch government source told AFP, adding that the creature’s name was “Brexit”.
The government says the idea is to raise awareness among Dutch businesses of the impact of Brexit, especially if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal on March 29.
The tweet also features a link to a government website – www.brexitloket.nl – where firms can check for the potential fallout for their business. picture on the site meanwhile appears to show the so-called Brexit muppet as a pest for the “MeToo” era, sitting on a female office worker’s lap and preventing her from reaching her computer.
