The various factions in the Provincial Council had expected to be updated about the scenarios drawn up. But instead of a substantive evening, they were mainly told about the future vision on a global level.
‘It stayed with generalities’
“It was a joke,” says Dries Zwart (Party for the North. “There were various times of communication about the evening, the scenarios themselves were not discussed and it remained with generalities. We now have to read the vision document ourselves, because we have not yet received. This was absolutely not exciting. “
According to the various state factions of GroenLinks, PvdA, CDA, ChristenUnie and the VVD, it is mainly a question of waiting to see what will happen.
We have not actually heard that much news, the scenarios are not clear at all for us
‘You go there with a certain expectation’, says Fredric Geijtenbeek (ChristenUnie). “We would have liked to hear a little more than this.”
Pascal Roemers (PvdA): ‘We haven’t actually heard much news, the scenarios are not clear at all for us.’ Robert de Wit (CDA): ‘I really missed things in the presentation. We have not learned much about the how and what. ‘
Investment plan
The most substantive comment that Groningen Airport Eelde CEO Bart Schmeink came up with was the request to keep the remaining amount, about 25 million euros, from the investment plan of 46 million that the shareholders had adopted in 2016, available for the airport. .
Not a done deal
This is not a foregone conclusion for GroenLinks. ‘We have made agreements about Groningen Airport Eelde in the coalition agreement. To this money heralloceren, we have not made any agreements as the airport management asks us. But that is certainly not a foregone conclusion for us. ‘
The VVD, one of the other coalition parties, sees this differently. ‘The way I look at it now, that is an option. But that will certainly not happen without a struggle. ‘
The rest of the parties first want to go through the scenarios in order to judge whether the money will be reallocated.
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