Dutch propose EU corona medical fund, will contribute up to €1bn
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch propose EU corona medical fund, will contribute up to €1bn

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has proposed establishing an EU emergency fund to cover the immediate health costs associated with the coronavirus outbreak and, according to Trouw, is prepared to contribute around €1bn. The fund, prime minister Mark Rutte said during Wednesday’s debate in parliament, would be filled by contributions by member states and would be a ‘gift to those in need’ rather than a loan or a guarantee. ‘This country stands in solidarity with countries that are also hard hit, some even harder, including their economies,’ Rutte said. Eurobonds and using billions of euros from the European emergency fund ESM are a ‘no go’, Rutte has said, because this would conflict with EU treaties and national control of member state budgets. Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte later told the Telegraaf that the relationship between the Netherlands and his country had not worsened, even though many Italians do not understand the Dutch apparent reluctance to accept a ‘strong, rigorous and effective’ European approach to the crisis.

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Dutch gov't blind to long-term consequences of coronavirus approach: Dutch Safety Board
1 year, 2 months ago

Dutch gov't blind to long-term consequences of coronavirus approach: Dutch Safety Board

NL Times  

During the coronavirus pandemic, the Dutch government was so focused on keeping acute care available that it was blind to the other effects of its coronavirus policy. By focusing its policy on available ICU places, the government ignored other issues like health problems due to delayed care, Long Covid, and broader social problems. “During the coronavirus crisis, the Cabinet stuck …

Dutch public healthcare on shaky ground, advisory body warns
1 year, 8 months ago

Dutch public healthcare on shaky ground, advisory body warns

NL Times  

The foundations of public healthcare in the Netherlands are “weak,” “shaky,” and “too vulnerable,” the Council for Public Health & Society said in advice to the government. Public healthcare is “arranged too non-committal and fragmented, too focused on the short term, and has too little invested in it,” RVS said. “And that must not happen.” But what the pandemic also …

Netherlands pledges to compensate healthcare workers suffering from Long Covid
1 year, 11 months ago

Netherlands pledges to compensate healthcare workers suffering from Long Covid

NL Times  

The Cabinet will still draw up a financial scheme for healthcare workers who are no longer able to work due to the long-term effects of Covid-19 complaints, Medical Care Minister Conny Helder told the Tweede Kamer on Wednesday. Despite Helder’s promise, a lawsuit seeking compensation for the workers will continue to move forward for now The Tweede Kamer has been …

Long Covid cost up to €180 billion per coronavirus year
2 years, 4 months ago

Long Covid cost up to €180 billion per coronavirus year

NL Times  

The social costs of Long Covid in the Netherlands could amount to 180 billion euros per coronavirus year, health economist Xander Koolman of the VU Amsterdam said on NPO Radio 1. That lost labor market potential combined with the costs of treatment would result in a social cost of about 180 billion euros per coronavirus year. It could turn out …

Netherlands not prepared for Covid-19 outbreak in the fall: experts
2 years, 8 months ago

Netherlands not prepared for Covid-19 outbreak in the fall: experts

NL Times  

With hardly any restrictions in place, the coronavirus seems to have slipped from public consciousness. I don’t think that new structure will be in place this fall,” Anja Schreijer, former Outbreak Management Team member and former Head of the Infectious Disease Control Department at the GGD Amsterdam explained. “The demand is 600 million euros, the Cabinet has promised 300 million.” …

Dutch finally publish first draft of EU recovery fund plans
2 years, 9 months ago

Dutch finally publish first draft of EU recovery fund plans

Dutch News  

Finance minister Sigrid Kaag has published a list of measures which the government wants to fund with money from the EU’s coronavirus recovery fund, all of which were part of the coalition agreement. Part of the package focuses on measures to help the environment, including the introduction of a carbon tax on heavy industry, a tax on airline tickets, the …

Dutch finally publish first draft of EU recovery fund plans
2 years, 9 months ago

Dutch finally publish first draft of EU recovery fund plans

Dutch News  

Finance minister Sigrid Kaag has published a list of measures which the government wants to fund with money from the EU’s coronavirus recovery fund, all of which were part of the coalition agreement. Part of the package focuses on measures to help the environment, including the introduction of a carbon tax on heavy industry, a tax on airline tickets, the …

NL may get over €1bn less from EU coronavirus recovery funds
2 years, 11 months ago

NL may get over €1bn less from EU coronavirus recovery funds

Dutch News  

The Netherlands may receive more than €1bn less than expected from European coronavirus recovery funds because the economy has performed better than earlier estimates indicated, finance minister Sigrid Kaag told MPs on Friday The Netherlands had expected some €6bn from Brussels and €5.8bn had been used in calculations for drawing up the new government spending plans. However, the real figure …

NL may get over €1bn less from EU coronavirus recovery funds
2 years, 11 months ago

NL may get over €1bn less from EU coronavirus recovery funds

Dutch News  

The Netherlands may receive more than €1bn less than expected from European coronavirus recovery funds because the economy has performed better than earlier estimates indicated, finance minister Sigrid Kaag told MPs on Friday The Netherlands had expected some €6bn from Brussels and €5.8bn had been used in calculations for drawing up the new government spending plans. However, the real figure …

Netherlands expects €1 billion less in EU Covid support
2 years, 11 months ago

Netherlands expects €1 billion less in EU Covid support

NL Times  

The Netherlands expects to receive over 1 billion euros less in European coronavirus support than previously thought, Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag wrote in a letter to parliament. The Netherlands now expects to receive 4.7 billion euros instead of the 6 billion euros the Cabinet previously assumed. The lower amount is because the Dutch economy sustained less damage from the coronavirus …

EU nations approve a dozen pandemic recovery plans
3 years, 5 months ago

EU nations approve a dozen pandemic recovery plans

The Hindu  

approved the pandemic recovery plans of the bloc's four biggest economies and eight other member countries Tuesday, a move seen as a bellwether for an economic revival from the unprecedented recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In the case of France, which is to get some 40 billion euros USD 47.3 billion from the pandemic recovery fund, that would amount …

Healthcare costs increased by almost 9 billion last year
3 years, 6 months ago

Healthcare costs increased by almost 9 billion last year

NL Times  

Netherlands households, insurers, and the government spent 116 billion euros on care and welfare last year, Statistics Netherlands reported based on preliminary figures. The total amount also includes the bonus for healthcare workers and compensation that care providers received from insurers and municipalities for lost income, as well as government support packages. In total, an average of 6,660 euros per …

Netherlands among countries emerging most strongly from the crisis, Dutch PM says
3 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands among countries emerging most strongly from the crisis, Dutch PM says

NL Times  

The Netherlands might be one of the first countries in the western world to recover from the coronavirus crisis, Dutch Prime Minister Rutte suggested. Rutte said the Netherlands was "in a very good shape" despite the serious consequences of the ongoing health crisis. This was largely due to the billions in coronavirus aid packages quickly set up last year, and …

EU raises €20 billion in 10-year bond to fund virus recovery
3 years, 6 months ago

EU raises €20 billion in 10-year bond to fund virus recovery

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Commission said on Tuesday it has raised €20 billion through a 10-year bond as part of its plans to finance the 27-nation bloc’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis. EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the inaugural transaction of the NextGeneration EU program is the largest ever institutional bond issuance in Europe. Von der Leyen …

GGD: Netherlands must spent additional €600 million per year to improve basic healthcare
3 years, 7 months ago

GGD: Netherlands must spent additional €600 million per year to improve basic healthcare

NL Times  

The GGD wants the new Cabinet to commit to spending an additional 600 million euros annually to help provide better quality healthcare. The coronavirus crisis has proven that “basic care is too impoverished,” and that “the Netherlands must be better prepared for health challenges and crises,” the GGD wrote in a statement. The Netherlands needs to be better prepared for …

Dutch gov't needs to keep Covid support for businesses going: Banks
3 years, 9 months ago

Dutch gov't needs to keep Covid support for businesses going: Banks

NL Times  

Businesses are still taking out loans and applying for payment pauses from banks to get through the coronavirus pandemic. "Continuing the government support package is therefore essential," Chris Buijink of the Dutch association of banks NVM said in a statement. Since the start of the crisis, about 52 thousand companies received loans from Dutch banks, totaling in around 44.3 billion …

Dutch gov't taking risks in providing Covid support: Court of Audit
4 years, 1 month ago

Dutch gov't taking risks in providing Covid support: Court of Audit

NL Times  

In providing coronavirus support loans and guarantees to companies, the government is not consistently following the rules meant to make sure that Ministers don't take major risks with such financial transactions, the Court of Audit said on Wednesday, NOS and the Volkskrant report. Over the past months, the government provided 62.7 billion euros in loans and guarantees, mainly to businesses …

Dutch coronavirus figures are 'very bad', Rutte says. Weekend will be crucial
4 years, 3 months ago

Dutch coronavirus figures are 'very bad', Rutte says. Weekend will be crucial

Dutch News  

New coronavirus measures cannot be avoided in the Netherlands if there is no improvement in the number of new infections in the coming 24 to 72 hours, prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters after the weekly cabinet conference. Although the increase on Thursday’s total is 154, well down on the shock 800 increase between Wednesday and Thursday, Rutte said that …

Dutch coronavirus figures are 'very bad', Rutte says. Weekend will be crucial
4 years, 3 months ago

Dutch coronavirus figures are 'very bad', Rutte says. Weekend will be crucial

Dutch News  

New coronavirus measures cannot be avoided in the Netherlands if there is no improvement in the number of new infections in the coming 24 to 72 hours, prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters after the weekly cabinet conference. Although the increase on Thursday’s total is 154, well down on the shock 800 increase between Wednesday and Thursday, Rutte said that …

Budget 2021: 'little alternative to boosting spending' say the morning papers
4 years, 3 months ago

Budget 2021: 'little alternative to boosting spending' say the morning papers

Dutch News  

There is little criticism of the government’s 2021 spending plans in the morning papers, with most approving of the decision to keep on spending to head off the impact of coronavirus. ‘But no-one is talking about making cuts and putting up taxes, now that coronavirus has plunged the Netherlands into an economic crisis of unheard off proportions,’ the paper says. …

Budget 2021: 'little alternative to boosting spending' say the morning papers
4 years, 3 months ago

Budget 2021: 'little alternative to boosting spending' say the morning papers

Dutch News  

There is little criticism of the government’s 2021 spending plans in the morning papers, with most approving of the decision to keep on spending to head off the impact of coronavirus. ‘But no-one is talking about making cuts and putting up taxes, now that coronavirus has plunged the Netherlands into an economic crisis of unheard off proportions,’ the paper says. …

Dutch gov't not transparent about corona crisis costs: Council of State
4 years, 3 months ago

Dutch gov't not transparent about corona crisis costs: Council of State

NL Times  

The government is not being transparent enough about the costs of the coronavirus crisis, and what the billions of euros in support packages now will mean for the next generation, the Council of State said about the 2021 Budget. "Nobody is talking about what it all costs," Council of State president Thom de Graaf said to NOS. "At the moment, …

King Willem-Alexander's Prinsjesdag speech: Full text
4 years, 3 months ago

King Willem-Alexander's Prinsjesdag speech: Full text

NL Times  

In his Budget Day address on Tuesday, Dutch King Willem-Alexander said that the people of the Netherlands deserved high praise for how they have handled the ongoing coronavirus crisis, and announced that the government will prepare for expected economic turbulence by investing more in job retention, infrastructure, strengthening the pillars of the economy, and a cleaner, more sustainable future. This …

Dutch PM criticized over EU Covid recovery fund
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch PM criticized over EU Covid recovery fund

NL Times  

Prime Minister Mark Rutte faced a lot of criticism in the parliamentary debate on the European Union coronavirus recovery fund. The recovery fund will contain 750 billion euros - 390 billion euros in subsidies, and 360 billion in loans to individual countries. The D66 was critical of the months of arguments and fights that preceded the agreement on the recovery …

Dutch gov't borrowed €66 billion for Covid support
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch gov't borrowed €66 billion for Covid support

NL Times  

The Ministry of Finance already borrowed 108 billion euros this year, the vast majority of which is reserved to fund the nearly 60 different emergency measures to help the country through the coronavirus crisis. So far the government reserved 37 billion euros for the first two sets of coronavirus support measures. For example, the government set aside over 9 billion …

Still no deal on EU coronavirus recovery fund; Debate continues today
4 years, 5 months ago

Still no deal on EU coronavirus recovery fund; Debate continues today

NL Times  

After a weekend of tense discussions on an economic recovery fund to help European Union countries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the 27 EU leaders still have not come to an agreement. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that European Council president Charles Michel is working on a new compromise "and progress is being made", but added that the …

EU coronavirus fund debate enters third day after tense night
4 years, 5 months ago

EU coronavirus fund debate enters third day after tense night

NL Times  

Negotiations about the form of an immense coronavirus recovery fund started up again on Sunday after the debate between European Union leaders grew tense the previous night. A report from broadcaster RTL Nieuws told of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte standing firm on those issues, prompting French leader Emmanuel Macron to "frenziedly" leave talks with the group. German Chancellor Angela …

Netherlands' second round of coronavirus business support launches today
4 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands' second round of coronavirus business support launches today

NL Times  

The Dutch government's second round of coronavirus business support - the temporary emergency bridging measure for employment, or NOW2 - launches on Monday. Businesses who expect to lose more than 20 percent of their turnover due to the coronavirus crisis in the period June to September can submit an application for support to benefits agency UWV. Companies will be allowed …

Netherlands already spent billions in fight against coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands already spent billions in fight against coronavirus

NL Times  

Over the past few months the Netherlands already spent billions in the fight against the coronavirus, paying almost 1.5 billion euros for protective gear and other medical equipment, 700 million euros for coronavirus vaccines, and 300 million euros for tests, AD reports based on an interim change to the budget for the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports that …

Dutch gov't called to be generous with coronavirus help to Caribbean islands
4 years, 6 months ago

Dutch gov't called to be generous with coronavirus help to Caribbean islands

NL Times  

A group of well-known Dutch people called on the government to be generous when providing coronavirus support to Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten. "Hurricanes, a complete collapse of neighboring country Venezuela, and now the coronavirus on top of it," the writers listed the blows dealt to the Caribbean islands. The signatories of the letter said that they understand that the …

Coronavirus could cause a new euro crisis: Dutch Planning Office
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus could cause a new euro crisis: Dutch Planning Office

NL Times  

The coronavirus crisis could lead to a new euro crisis, the Netherlands office for economic policy analysis CPB said after analyzing the vulnerabilities of the financial system. Despite coronavirus support measures implemented by the government, businesses and households are facing increasing financial difficulties. It showed that a quarter of small and medium sized businesses need more money than support measures …

EU coronavirus recovery negotiations will take time, cautions Dutch PM
4 years, 7 months ago

EU coronavirus recovery negotiations will take time, cautions Dutch PM

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is involved in ‘intensive and constructive’ contact with other EU countries and members of the European Commission about plans to set up a multi billion euro coronavirus recovery fund, prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters on Wednesday evening. Encouraged Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz told Politico.eu that he and the other leaders of the frugal four group have been …

EU coronavirus recovery negotiations will take time, cautions Dutch PM
4 years, 7 months ago

EU coronavirus recovery negotiations will take time, cautions Dutch PM

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is involved in ‘intensive and constructive’ contact with other EU countries and members of the European Commission about plans to set up a multi billion euro coronavirus recovery fund, prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters on Wednesday evening. Encouraged Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz told Politico.eu that he and the other leaders of the frugal four group have been …

European Union unveils $824bn coronavirus recovery plan
4 years, 7 months ago

European Union unveils $824bn coronavirus recovery plan

Al Jazeera  

Package seeks to avoid a further splintering of economic growth and wealth levels among EU’s 27 member states. The European Commission on Wednesday released details of a coronavirus economic relief package for member countries worth 750 billion euros. The blueprint envisions borrowing the funds and disbursing them as grants and loans to member states, with the lion’s share of aid …

EU plans to raise $825 billion for coronavirus relief
4 years, 7 months ago

EU plans to raise $825 billion for coronavirus relief

CNN  

London CNN Business — The European Commission has proposed giving hundreds of billions of euros to EU countries that have seen their economies devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented relief effort designed to ensure parts of the bloc aren’t left behind when the recovery comes. “We all understand the crisis is so huge we have to take unusual steps …

The EU is still divided over coronavirus relief. That could tear it apart
4 years, 7 months ago

The EU is still divided over coronavirus relief. That could tear it apart

CNN  

London CNN Business — A fight over how to fund the European Union’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is stoking tensions between wealthier and poorer countries, threatening to delay the region’s economic rebound and unleash political and financial forces that could pull the bloc apart. If we have another asymmetric recovery, then it will be very bad for the EU.” …

Netherlands presses counter-proposal to 'generous' EU spending
4 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands presses counter-proposal to 'generous' EU spending

NL Times  

The Netherlands is spearheading a counterplan to the 500 billion euro recovery proposal laid out by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. In a newly-drawn proposal on Saturday, the Dutch have asserted that loans, rather than grants and subsidies, should be available to the eurozone economies bearing the brunt of the unfolding economic crisis. The …

France and Germany back €500bn fund to help save EU
4 years, 7 months ago

France and Germany back €500bn fund to help save EU

The Telegraph  

France and Germany have proposed a €500bn recovery fund for struggling European Union economies as they battle to quell bitter infighting over the bloc's halting response to the Covid-19 catastrophe. Under new plans presented by French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel, the 27 EU members would borrow jointly on financial markets to offer grants rather than loans …

Netherlands urged to give a billion euros of support to African nations
4 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands urged to give a billion euros of support to African nations

NL Times  

The Netherlands must make 1 billion euros in aid available to combat the coronavirus and the crisis around it in developing countries in Africa, among others, the Dutch government's advisory council on international affairs AIV said in advise to the government on Monday, Het Parool reports. "Covid-19 is the first global crisis without American leadership and it intensifies the US-China …

Red Cross needs €30 million in coronavirus aid; biggest operation since 1953
4 years, 8 months ago

Red Cross needs €30 million in coronavirus aid; biggest operation since 1953

NL Times  

The Red Cross in the Netherlands expects to need 30 million euros to provide coronavirus aid throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The coronavirus crisis triggered the biggest relief action since the massive flood of 1953, the Red Cross said, NOS reports. On all islands volunteers are providing information about prevention measures, and helping in areas of hygiene, water and …

Coronavirus expected to hand Netherlands worst-ever budget deficit
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus expected to hand Netherlands worst-ever budget deficit

NL Times  

The Ministry of Finance is projecting a 92-billion euro budget deficit for 2020 in part because of all emergency measures the government is implementing to cushion the blow caused by the coronavirus pandemic. European Union member states are required to cap their annual budget deficit to three percent of GDP. Coronavirus caused a shocking financial twist for the Netherlands, which …

Europe commits to €500 billion coronavirus support package; "Sensible and solidary", Dutch FM says
4 years, 9 months ago

Europe commits to €500 billion coronavirus support package; "Sensible and solidary", Dutch FM says

NL Times  

After a failed marathon meeting of some 16 hours on Tuesday, the Eurogroup managed to come to an agreement to help the EU countries most affected by the coronavirus crisis. The agreement "was not without a struggle", Minister Wopke Hoekstra of Finance said to NU.nl, but he is satisfied with the package, calling it "sensible and solidary". The European Finance …

Europe has a rescue package. But who’s going to pay for its coronavirus recovery?
4 years, 9 months ago

Europe has a rescue package. But who’s going to pay for its coronavirus recovery?

CNN  

London CNN Business — EU finance ministers have approved €500 billion in stimulus measures designed to cushion the blow to their economies from the coronavirus pandemic, while leaving open the difficult question of how to pay for the region’s recovery. The deal was announced Thursday after weeks of back and forth over how to address the crisis, a bruising process …

EU finance ministers fail to agree on corona crisis funding
4 years, 9 months ago

EU finance ministers fail to agree on corona crisis funding

Dutch News  

Video talks between EU finance ministers on finding a solution to fund the corona crisis carried on deep into the night but ended without resolution as divisions between the Netherlands and Italy continued. Italy is known to be keen to use the European Stability Mechanism to help pay for the crisis, but Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra is among those …

EU finance ministers fail to agree on corona crisis funding
4 years, 9 months ago

EU finance ministers fail to agree on corona crisis funding

Dutch News  

Video talks between EU finance ministers on finding a solution to fund the corona crisis carried on deep into the night but ended without resolution as divisions between the Netherlands and Italy continued. Italy is known to be keen to use the European Stability Mechanism to help pay for the crisis, but Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra is among those …

Dutch Finance Min. optimistic about a deal on European coronavirus bailout
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch Finance Min. optimistic about a deal on European coronavirus bailout

NL Times  

After over 16 hours of discussions overnight, the European Ministers of Finance still could not come to an agreement on a financial support package of 540 billion euros for countries hit hardest by the coronavirus. Dutch Minister Wopke Hoekstra of Finance is optimistic that a deal will eventually be reached, but is still sticking to the Netherlands' firm stance against …

Finance Minister defends stance against Eurobonds in parliament
4 years, 9 months ago

Finance Minister defends stance against Eurobonds in parliament

NL Times  

Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra received support from a majority in parliament for the government's stance on European Union aid for countries in trouble due to the coronavirus. Later in the evening, reports emerged that the European Stabilization Mechanism could instead be used to make a quarter of a trillion euros available to help countries in the EU pay for the …

Netherlands could be dealing with coronavirus pandemic for over 2 years: report
4 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands could be dealing with coronavirus pandemic for over 2 years: report

NL Times  

It may well take more than two years for the Netherlands to find its way out of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the most promising 'exit strategy' a team of around 40 epidemiologists, psychologists, mathematicians, and modelers from all over the country could come up with, NRC reports. The good news is that there is a way out, professor of …

Dutch propose EU corona medical fund, will contribute up to €1bn
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch propose EU corona medical fund, will contribute up to €1bn

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has proposed establishing an EU emergency fund to cover the immediate health costs associated with the coronavirus outbreak and, according to Trouw, is prepared to contribute around €1bn. The fund, prime minister Mark Rutte said during Wednesday’s debate in parliament, would be filled by contributions by member states and would be a ‘gift to those in need’ rather …

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