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For what it's worth, the Dutch Central Bank argues that this is simply because it'd be easier to sell in London in a crisis situation.

They've previously stated to be far more worried about the dependency on VISA and MasterCard than the gold reserves in the US.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2560460-dnb-maakt-zich-zorgen-over-am...

Well they had to because UK across the Northern Sea was their competition and so France just below, while having Germans next door and Spain not being an ally. Did I mention they are bunch of tall assholes anyways?

> strategic ties with the US

Yeah, that isn't really a thing anymore.

They are also consummate antifascists, which I suppose is in tension now with atlanticism

That was indeed the case

They're still hoping to get back New York City some day.