Finance minister says will play hardball in budget talks

Finance Minister Eelco Heinen told reporters he Government to take tough stance on cabinet reshuffle as it sets 2025 spending plan Completed.

“All setbacks must be overcome, and I will ask my colleagues to do the same,” Heinemann said in a speech before Friday’s Cabinet meeting.

The government’s macroeconomic forecasting agency, the CPB, will publish its latest economic data later on Friday, which will be crucial in determining how much room the government has.

The budget will be Tuesday September 17th.

Some of the problems are already known. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that people who paid too much in taxes on their assets — because the government used hypothetical increases rather than actual figures — could be fined. Should be compensated. The total amount could be as high as 4 billion euros.

Failure to sell Germany Energy Network The Dutch state-owned grid operator Tennet This will affect The government’s finances are also mounting as it faces the cost of compensating victims of the childcare benefit scandal.

Asked if there had been any windfalls, Henin said: “The only windfall I see is that the number of setbacks has stopped accumulating.”

“We have setbacks and the national debt is growing. It’s painful news, but it’s the reality,” he said.