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Taxes up, taxes down: impact of spending package unclear - DutchNews.nl

Finance minister Eelco Heinen has admitted the government does not yet know what impact the measures agreed in last week’s spring statement will have on individual households, even though much of the focus has been on cutting the cost of living for average families. “I am letting the [macro-economic think tank] CPB do all the calculations, so we have to wait two weeks for that,” Heinen told reporters on Friday. “We did not talk about spending power. That is something...

Political pressure mounts in Netherlands as spring budget talks continue

Dutch coalition leaders are once again gathered at the Ministry of Finance to negotiate the spring budget update, or "voorjaarsnota," with Finance Minister Eelco Heinen. Despite having met earlier in the week, progress has been slow, and as the deadline looms, tensions are rising, RTL reports.

Finance minister juggling demands as spring budget talks begin - DutchNews.nl

Finance minister Eelco Heinen says he has drawn up the outlines of his spring budget statement as negotiations begin in which all four coalition parties are expected to lobby for more spending. Heinen said in his budget in September that he wanted to return to “financial discipline” and tight spending limits to stop the national debt and budget deficit rising. But party leaders have been vocal in their demands for more investment in their own areas, as progress has stalled...