D66 and CDA keep tax deal despite VVD reset threat

D66 and CDA stand by their deal with opposition parties PRO and Volt on changes to the Tax Plan (Belastingplan), they said on Wednesday evening. Both parties say they will not renegotiate, so the deal stands as it is. VVD leader Yeşilgöz had earlier cast doubt on the coalition's future.

Yeşilgöz said on Wednesday evening that the deal goes against the coalition agreement. If D66 and CDA keep to it, she said, a "fundamental reset" of the cooperation is needed. What that means, she said, is a question for D66 or CDA, "or Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who has to lead this coalition". Jetten said he would not respond to her on Wednesday evening.

In the revised plan, millionaires pay a top rate of 38.5% in box 3, the wealth tax. That raises €1bn, which is used to lower the tax on labour.

The coalition of D66, CDA and VVD has no majority in the Tweede Kamer and needs opposition support.

JA21 and the BBB said they were surprised and disappointed that the coalition parties struck a deal with other groups rather than with them. JA21 leader Joost Eerdmans said "the door to the right has now been slammed shut". Henk Vermeer of the BBB said he was still in talks with CDA and VVD on his nitrogen demands: "This has come as a surprise to us as well, that they've now gone left after all."

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“There was a right-wing alternative. CDA and D66 chose the left. JA21 votes against the Tax Plan as it now stands. Today Joost Eerdmans wants to know from Prime Minister Jetten what this choice means for the coalition. Is there still a cabinet at the end of the day?”

The Tweede Kamer continues the Tax Plan debate at 10:15 on Thursday morning. A vote is due that afternoon, so the Tax Administration (Belastingdienst) has enough time to introduce the new measures from 1 January 2027.

JA21 has said it will vote against the Tax Plan as it now stands.