Opposition parties form alliance against education cuts
1 month ago

Opposition parties form alliance against education cuts

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Opposition parties D66, CDA, and JA21 are joining forces to get a large part of the cuts in education that the Schoof Cabinet wants to implement off the table. Together, the parties are good for 15 seats in the lower house of Dutch parliament but can help the coalition to the necessary majority for their plans in the Senate. The parties want to see the long-term study fine scrapped and the social service time retained. Of the total 2 billion euros in proposed cuts in education, the opposition parties want to find a different use for 1.3 billion euros.

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Christian parties side with coalition on education budget cuts
1 week, 4 days ago

Christian parties side with coalition on education budget cuts

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The three Christian parties in parliament have sided with the right-wing government and far-right parties to ensure a majority for education cuts in the senate, saying the deal “has made a bad budget not as bad.” The coalition had planned to slash €2 billion from spending on education but this has now been reduced to €1.25 billion, following the agreement …

Education Budget: €748 mil. planned cuts scrapped, partly at expense of Health Budtget
1 week, 5 days ago

Education Budget: €748 mil. planned cuts scrapped, partly at expense of Health Budtget

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The coalition parties and four opposition parties have reached an agreement on scrapping 748 million euros of the planned cuts to the Education budget and where to find that money instead. Specialists will also face cuts to their “excesses” in salaries, CDA leader Henri Bontenbal said on Wednesday evening, after the deal was reached. We can live with this.” He …

Coalition will drop slow student fine to save education budget
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Coalition will drop slow student fine to save education budget

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The right-wing Dutch government is prepared to drop its plans to introduce higher fees for slow students and scrap schemes encouraging youngsters to do community work in order to get the education ministry’s budget for 2025 through parliament, RTL reported on Wednesday afternoon. The four coalition parties and five opposition parties are due to meet later on Wednesday again to …

Students won’t face late graduation fines as coalition parties bend on education budget
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Students won’t face late graduation fines as coalition parties bend on education budget

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The four-party coalition has given a “final offer” to a broad alliance of opposition parties in a last-ditch effort to save its faltering education budget proposal. To win backing for their education budget, a new proposal was submitted to an alliance of centrist and right-wing opposition parties, including D66, CDA, ChristenUnie, SGP, and JA21 on Wednesday afternoon, sources confirmed. CDA …

Schoof urges single deal with opposition to pass budget plans
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Schoof urges single deal with opposition to pass budget plans

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Prime minister Dick Schoof has called on the four coalition parties to reach a single agreement with the opposition to address their objections to cuts in education, aid, healthcare spending. Schoof told broadcaster NOS in his weekly interview that he had asked the four coalition parties – PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB – to consolidate all the issues that opposition …

Health insurance deductible cuts at risk if Cabinet restores higher education budget
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Health insurance deductible cuts at risk if Cabinet restores higher education budget

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Health Minister and PVV Deputy Minister Fleur Agema is “naturally” disappointed that the Cabinet may be unable to reduce the healthcare deductible by more than half. Under pressure from the opposition, the coalition must reduce planned education cuts and, according to the opposition parties, could pay for this with a smaller cut to the deductible. Agema could not rule out …

Coalition stands firm over €2bn education cuts despite warnings
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Coalition stands firm over €2bn education cuts despite warnings

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The four coalition parties have rejected calls to scrap €2 billion of education cuts, despite growing pressure from opposition parties who are threatening to block the plans in the Senate. VVD MP Clare Martens said the ruling parties were not “dancing on the tables” at the prospect of education cuts. Bruins under pressure Education minister Eppo Bruins said he understood …

Coalition parties won't support opposition's plans to lessen education budget cuts
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Coalition parties won't support opposition's plans to lessen education budget cuts

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The coalition parties PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB are not keen on taking the almost 2 billion euros in education budget cuts off the table as the opposition wants. Multiple opposition parties made concrete proposals to change the budget on multiple points, but the coalition parties do not consider it their task to accommodate the opposition, as became clear during …

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