Cabinet leaves both right and left unhappy on tax plan
Opposition parties on the right and left say they are dissatisfied with the tax plan.
JA21, BBB and SGP held another meeting with the cabinet on the tax plan (belastingplan), including Prime Minister Rob Jetten, and are not satisfied with the outcome. Pro leader Jesse Klaver also spoke with Jetten, Finance Minister Heinen and State Secretary Eerenberg on Friday, and is also dissatisfied.
JA21, BBB and SGP had made the cabinet a joint offer of support. "It is not yet how we would want it," JA21 leader Joost Eerdmans said as he left the Ministry of General Affairs.
Klaver said Pro wants working people to gain more and taxes on wealth to rise somewhat. "On those wishes we see no movement at all yet from the cabinet," he said. He wants to keep talking: "Time is very short."
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JA21 (Juiste Antwoord 2021)
A Dutch right-wing party, founded in December 2020 after a split in Forum voor Democratie (FvD), by Joost Eerdmans and Annabel Nanninga. It is critical of the European Union and of immigration, and favours lower taxes.
Pro
Pro is a Dutch political party that takes part in debates and votes in the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer), the lower house of the Dutch parliament. Its MPs negotiate with the cabinet on major legislation, including the annual tax plan (belastingplan), which sets the government's tax rates and rules for the coming year.