# Parliament passes 2027 tax plan with VVD against

> A majority in the Tweede Kamer adopted the PRO and Volt amendment to the 2027 tax plan on Thursday evening, and the VVD says it cannot back the plan as a whole.

Politics · published 2026-11-12 19:23 · updated 2026-11-12 22:51 · https://nlnow.nl/a/mps-back-1bn-wealth-tax-plan-putting-coalition-at-risk/

The Tweede Kamer passed the 2027 Belastingplan (tax plan) in a roll-call vote on Thursday evening. D66, CDA, PRO, Volt, ChristenUnie, 50PLUS, Denk and Party for the Animals voted for. The VVD, the third coalition party, voted against, as it had announced. The plan includes a lower tax on petrol.

The Tweede Kamer adopted an amendment by PRO and Volt to the 2027 Belastingplan (tax plan) on Thursday evening. The votes of coalition parties D66 and CDA were decisive. The amendment cuts income tax by €900m. It is paid for by raising several levies that mainly hit people who earn returns from large assets, well above €1m.

The deal D66 and CDA announced with PRO and Volt on Wednesday raises wealth taxes by €1bn in total. VVD parliamentary leader Ruben Brekelmans said on Thursday that the VVD cannot support the whole Belastingplan with these changes in it. Party leader Dilan Yesilgöz said the deal caught her off guard and she is unsure about the cabinet's future if her coalition partners vote for the amendment. She demanded that D66 and CDA withdraw the deal.

The amendment received 79 votes in favour. The SP, 50PLUS, Denk, ChristenUnie and Party for the Animals backed it alongside D66 and CDA. The SP then said it was against the plan as a whole, so the outcome depended on Party for the Animals and Denk, which announced shortly before the vote that they would agree.

The votes on the amendments were first put off by half an hour at the request of Denk. Its leader, Stephan van Baarle, asked for the delay "to be on the safe side" and to give his parliamentary group time to confer. PRO leader Jesse Klaver said he could imagine colleagues thinking it was time to vote. "But this is a big thing, and it's a messy process too," Klaver said, adding that he would gladly give more time to any group that needs it.

Earlier, MPs rejected a motion of no confidence in the cabinet from the PVV in a roll-call vote, with 34 in favour and 116 against.

Party for the Animals MP Christine Teunissen said she voted for the plan only reluctantly ("by the skin of our teeth"), in the national interest and because of concessions such as a higher tax on private jets. Van Baarle said rejecting the plan would make filling up more expensive, because it contains a lower petrol tax.

Brekelmans called the voting result "ontluisterend" (appalling) and said the VVD first wants to discuss within the party how to proceed with the coalition. D66 leader Jan Paternotte urged the VVD after the vote not to pull the plug on the cabinet. Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who repeatedly spoke of a fresh start ("doorstart") for the cabinet, said he still has confidence that D66, VVD and CDA can work it out and wants to repair the breach of trust. He meets the deputy prime ministers on Friday morning about the cabinet's future.

CDA leader Henri Bontenbal said he wants the VVD to stay in the coalition, but that relations need work. "We have to do that reset," he said, suggesting a mediator (bemiddelaar) may be needed.

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