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Debt levels dropped significantly during Dutch finance minister Sigrid Kaag's term despite higher spending (Photo: Wikimedia)

Dutch top officials call for €17bn spending cuts

The new Dutch cabinet will need to make deep spending cuts by 2028 in order to bring its budget in line with EU fiscal rules, according to a government advisory body report published on Monday (11 September).

The 'Studiegroep Begrotingsruimte (SBR)' traditionally present a budget proposal before fresh elections, which are due in November this year, with former EU Green Deal chief, ...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Debt levels dropped significantly during Dutch finance minister Sigrid Kaag's term despite higher spending (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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