Spring memorandum

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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
Politics
Only 10% of voters think Schoof I Cabinet is taking good measures
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Social housing in Ypenburg, The Hague
Business
Freezing social rents for 500,000 private landlord tenants "practically impossible"
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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
PoliticsBusiness
Spring budget update, economic developments will further increase budget deficit: CPB
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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
Politics
Voters pessimistic government's plans in spring budget update
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Power lines at sunset
PoliticsBusiness
Nitrogen impasse putting 317 construction projects for power grid expansion at risk
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
Politics
Mixed reactions to budget update; Trade union & education furious
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Depiction of two entrepreneurs staring at a tax assessment with euro banknotes and coins
PoliticsBusiness
Government will collect more income tax in 2026; Deficit not as bad as anticipated
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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
Politics
Schoof coalition again nearly collapsed during budget talks
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
Politics
Dutch budget deal freezes social rent, adds childcare money; Boosts Defense spending
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
Politics
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
PoliticsBusiness
Still no agreement on spring budget update; Last-chance talks today
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof is dealt a blow as coalition party NSC joins opposition parties in voting down his asylum minister’s plan to display signs telling asylum seekers to be prepared to return to their home countries. 9 October 2024
Politics
Mistrust growing in Dutch Cabinet; Schoof's hard-held unity starting to fall apart
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Pieter Omtzigt in The Hague on September 20, 2023
Politics
Omtzigt targeting expat tax breaks in NSC's demands for budget update
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a colorful group of apartment buildings on the edge of Annie M.G. Schmidt park in Lansingerland, 29 August 2020
Business
Rent increases likely on July 1 as PVV refuses to take measures
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Sad teenager indoors
HealthPolitics
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
Politics
Gov't confirms extra billions for Ukraine support & benefits scandal, Groningen victims
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Spring budget update: Billions extra for asylum, municipalities, Groningen quake 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
Politics
Netherlands pushing billions into NATO defense spending standard, Ukraine support
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The Rutte IV Cabinet at the marathon parliamentary debate on the 2023 Budget, 21 September 2022
PoliticsBusiness
Stop moving financial risks forward, Council of State tells Dutch Cabinet
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Keizersgracht in Amsterdam
Business
Amsterdam announces investments in public transport, public space; Raising tourist tax
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King Willem-Alexander with the Rutte IV Cabinet when it took office on 10 January 2022
Business
Gov't to cut €2.5 billion from budget; Free childcare plan delayed for 2 years, STAP slashed
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Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag brings the 2023 Dutch budget to the Tweede Kamer in a ceremonial briefcase. 20 Sept. 2022
Politics
"Back to budget cuts": Finance Min's message in spring budget review
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Euro95, Petrol, Diesel and AutoGas/LPG sold at a Shell station in Arnhem. 19 March 2023
Business
Cabinet expected to end petrol and diesel tax break; Fuel more expensive from July
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People waiting for their luggage at Schiphol
Politics
Increased flight tax & health insurance costs floated in budget talks