Left-wing parties will support budget if Cabinet changes attitude on climate, inequality
2 years, 7 months ago

Left-wing parties will support budget if Cabinet changes attitude on climate, inequality

NL Times  

GroenLinks and PvdA will only support the government's budget if the Cabinet makes fundamentally different choices in its approach to the climate crisis and income inequality, NOS reports. The two left-wing parties' demands include raising the minimum wage to at least 14 euros per hour and making rents more affordable. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag are meeting with the leaders of the parliamentary factions this week to seek support for the Spring Memorandum, which contains changes to the annual budget. JA21's demands for support include restoring the full link between the state pension and minimum wage, scrapping plans for a nitrogen fund, and continuing gas extraction in earthquake-wracked Groningen.

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Ministers face tough task to secure majority for spring budget plans
2 years, 7 months ago

Ministers face tough task to secure majority for spring budget plans

Dutch News  

Ministers will spend this week trying to persuade opposition parties to back their spring budget statement, which is due to be published on June 1. Prime minister Mark Rutte has admitted the preparations for the spring budget will be more complicated than usual and the need to secure opposition votes has turned it into an ‘odyssey’. Rutte and finance minister …

Ministers face tough task to secure majority for spring budget plans
2 years, 7 months ago

Ministers face tough task to secure majority for spring budget plans

Dutch News  

Ministers will spend this week trying to persuade opposition parties to back their spring budget statement, which is due to be published on June 1. Prime minister Mark Rutte has admitted the preparations for the spring budget will be more complicated than usual and the need to secure opposition votes has turned it into an ‘odyssey’. Rutte and finance minister …

Cabinet surveying opposition for demands in return for budget support
2 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet surveying opposition for demands in return for budget support

NL Times  

This week, the Cabinet is restarting discussions about the Spring Memorandum, which contains adjustments to the annual budget. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag will start talking to opposition parties to gauge their demands in exchange for support on the budget in the Senate, where the coalition does not have a majority. The Cabinet is looking for …

Left-wing opposition propose higher healthcare salaries, lower rents in counter budget
4 years, 3 months ago

Left-wing opposition propose higher healthcare salaries, lower rents in counter budget

NL Times  

Left-wing opposition parties GroenLinks, SP, and PvdA want to invest 9.4 billion euros extra into increasing the salaries of healthcare workers and lowering rents, among other things. The three left-wing parties' counter budget proposes to freeze the health insurance premiums, and structurally increase salaries for people who work in healthcare and reduce their workload. The landlord levy housing corporations pay …

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