The question is whether this will endanger the almost six billion for the Netherlands. Frans Timmermans: “We have told all member states that, in addition to investments, reforms are also necessary. The Netherlands had the highest word in the European Council when demanding reforms in other countries. Yes, then you also have to take the initiative yourself. That is not necessary necessarily be this reform, but the housing market has been on our list of reforms that are needed in the Netherlands for a long time.”
Positive
Timmermans thinks that the Netherlands and the European Commission will eventually find a solution. “But there really needs to be a good conversation about that. Also about the reforms, as the Netherlands also demands of us from other countries,” says the European Commissioner. Timmermans is positive about the climate ambitions of the new cabinet. “It is great that the Netherlands is now showing ambition.”
What will we see of those climate ambitions and when? Political reporter Xander van der Wulp addressed this question after the presentation of the coalition agreement:
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