What and when will be discussed in the formation is secret – except today. Topic of discussion: what will the next cabinet actually have to spend? The answer is rosy: quite a lot.
In fact, there is ‘a great deal’ of financial leeway for the cabinet-to-be. Still ‘many billions’ in fact, say cabinet advisers such as the Central Planning Bureau and De Nederlandsche Bank. “There is a lot of space,” said DNB president Klaas Knot. The financial experts gave a presentation today to the negotiating parties VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie to share their analyses.
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