National Budget

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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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Euro95, Petrol, Diesel and AutoGas/LPG sold at a Shell station in Arnhem. 19 March 2023
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Good news for combustion drivers: Dutch gov't postponing excise hike on fuel by a year
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof speaks to the Tweede Kamer ahead of the debate on the fall of his first Cabinet. 4 June 2025
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Security, economy must remain priorities despite Cabinet's fall, Schoof says
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King Willem-Alexamder and the Schoof I Cabinet on the steps of Huis ten Bosch palace immediately after their swearing-in ceremony, 2 July 2024
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Voters pessimistic government's plans in spring budget update
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
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Still no budget deal after all-night negotiations
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King Willem-Alexamder and the Schoof I Cabinet on the steps of Huis ten Bosch palace immediately after their swearing-in ceremony, 2 July 2024
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Still no agreement on spring budget update; Last-chance talks today
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Woman shopping for a washing machine
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Dutch government planning VAT increase to 21.4% to fill gap in budget
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof during a press conference after the regular weekly Cabinet meeting. 16 August 2024
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Dutch budget: more money to police and defense, new early retirement scheme
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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 budget: Cut to expats' 30% ruling, lower home sales tax; Money for free school meals
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Dutch flag on a euro coin with banknotes in the background
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New coalition lacks concrete policy for improving social security or tackling poverty
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Sad teenager indoors
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Dutch Cabinet scraps plans to cut half a billion euros from youth care budget in 2025
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The provincial flag of Groningen flies in Winschoten with a seismogram printed on it in protest of gas extraction and the resultant earthquakes. 20 Sept. 2019
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Gov't confirms extra billions for Ukraine support & benefits scandal, Groningen victims
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Mark Rutte and Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit a building destroyed in Kharkiv during the war between Russia and Ukraine. 1 March 2024
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Netherlands pushing billions into NATO defense spending standard, Ukraine support
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Euro95, Petrol, Diesel and AutoGas/LPG sold at a Shell station in Arnhem. 19 March 2023
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Petrol prices about 6% more expensive than at the end of last year
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Outgoing Minister of Finance Sigrid Kaag presenting the 2024 Dutch budget in the Prinsjesdag briefcase. September 19, 2023
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Dutch budget deficit to exceed EU norm next year: Finance Min
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Government to increase traffic fines to fill holes in national budget
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Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag brings the 2023 Dutch budget to the Tweede Kamer in a ceremonial briefcase. 20 Sept. 2022
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Gov't facing €1 billion in financial setbacks due to falling gas prices, rising interest
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Man tanking gas
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Petrol price could climb 21 cents per liter if gov't doesn't intervene
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
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Dutch gov't starts 2023 with positive balance sheet; First quarter better than expected
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The Rutte IV Cabinet at the marathon parliamentary debate on the 2023 Budget, 21 September 2022
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Stop moving financial risks forward, Council of State tells Dutch Cabinet
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Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag brings the 2023 Dutch budget to the Tweede Kamer in a ceremonial briefcase. 20 Sept. 2022
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"Back to budget cuts": Finance Min's message in spring budget review
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People waiting for their luggage at Schiphol
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Increased flight tax & health insurance costs floated in budget talks
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
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Asylum costing Rutte IV Cabinet billions more than budgeted: report
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Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag and Prime Minister Mark Rutte chatting before the King's speech on Budget Day, 20 September 2022
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Cabinet won’t ask for opposition’s input on spring update of national budget this year