2025 Budget Day

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The ceremonial briefcase traditionally used by the finance minister to carry the Dutch Cabinet's budget proposal to the Tweede Kamer on Prinsjesdag. 7 Sept. 2017
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Dutch leaders react sharply to King’s Budget Day speech, criticize caretaker cabinet
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King Willem-Alexander, 25 December 2024
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Full text of King Willem-Alexander's Prinsjesdag 2025 speech in English
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima during the King's annual budget day speech, 16 September 2025
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Dutch King focuses on people's livelihoods, unity, and Defense in budget day speech
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Demissionary Prime Minister Dick Schoof arrives at the Ministry of General Affairs with his partner, Loes Meurs, during Prinsjesdag in The Hague, September 16, 2025.
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Parliamentarians arrive for King’s Budget day amid gusty winds
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Inside Den Haag Centraal train station.
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Damage from first official autumn storm: Fewer trains to The Hague on Budget Day
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof approaches the microphone to speak to journalists after his coalition fell apart. 3 June 2025
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Voters have little confidence in politics and don't expect improvement
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Budget Day 2024: The Royal procession on its way from Noordeinde Palace to the Koninklijke Schouwburg
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Budget Day in the Netherlands: What to expect and what we know so far
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King Willem-Alexander waves to the crowd during Prinsjesdag 2023, September 19, 2023.
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MP's better hold on to their hats: Windy weather forecast for Budget Day