Coalition plan is short on detail and new ideas: Dutch papers
Dutch NewsThe right-wing cabinet’s plans to bypass parliament and press ahead with the “toughest asylum regime ever” dominated coverage of the government’s 137-page coalition agreement on Friday. “And more often.” The Financieele Dagblad points out that any tensions between the coalition parties and the ministers will appear next week during the debate on the cabinet’s 2025 spending plans on Wednesday and Thursday. “The cabinet will have to find majorities and we will carefully check all draft legislation on contents and the rule of law, as it is introduced.” The Telegraaf highlights the impact of the plans on spending power and says the new cabinet has put the brakes on the previous administration’s efforts to reduce the gap between rich and poor. More than that, the paper says, the coalition agreement “barely contains anything concrete, and the real heavy work for the wobbly alliance between the PVV, VVD, NSC and BB has yet to come”.
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