negotiations
Reports of consensus at...
The budget cut negotiations are coming to a close according to reports from insider sources. Prime minister Mark Rutte and PVV leader Geert Wilders responded to the reports describing it as ‘premature’. On Thursday various media outlets reported that the ‘Catshuis’ negotiations were in the final stages and would be concluded by Friday. Mark Rutte denies the reports stating... Read More »
Cabinet divided over healthcare
A dispute on prospective cuts and spending for health care is holding up the ‘Catshuis’ budget cut negotiations. Dutch newspaper ‘Trouw’ reported on Friday. The paper asserts that PVV frontman Geert Wilders is not budging on the issue of health care, objecting to the budget plans proposed by governing parties VVD and CDA to increase healthcare fees and cut... Read More »
Budget deficit negotiations back on...
‘Catshuis’ budget deficit negotiations continued yesterday, according to reports by the state information service. The Dutch cabinet reportedly found itself at the brink of collapse on Wednesday, as PVV party leader Geert Wilders halted the ‘Catshuis’ budget deficit negotiations. News network NOS reported that the negotiations were going thought a “difficult phase” as Wilders was reluctan… Read More »
EC prefers economic reform over deficit...
The European Commission will allow for a breach of the 3% deficit norm, if the Dutch cabinet manages to implement radical economic reform says executive of the central planning agency Coen Teulings. Certain “influential individuals in Brussels” would rather see Holland enforce economic reform on issues such as the tax rebate on mortgage interest than seeing us reach the deficit... Read More »
What do you think? Budget cut...
What’s going on? Dutch governing parties VVD, CDA and PVV engaged in budget cuts negotiations earlier this week Why? The prognosis is that the Netherlands is heading towards a 4.5% budget deficit in 2013 in absence of reform. Laura Alyssia Loonstein (22) From: England Student at University of Amsterdam Q: The current big news in the Netherlands are the budget cut negotiations, were you aware of... Read More »
Budget cut negotiations: coalition...
In wake of the alarming economic revelations that the Dutch economy is heading towards a 4.5 percent budget deficit in 2013, the governing parties, VVD, CDA and PVV recently engaged in budget cut negotiations to target the pending 9 billion euro budget deficit. Two main questions arise: how much will be cut down? And in which areas? VVD Prime minister and... Read More »
