Ministers are left in the dark, suddenly they are millions poorer: 'I don't want to get used to this'

The ministers and state secretaries were mainly allowed to ‘sign the cross’ on Thursday. Whether they were happy, angry or sad with the latest version...

Ministers are annoyed, surprised and confused. While party leaders are shuffling millions, ministers are left in the dark: suddenly they are millions poorer. ‘This is the new normal, but I hope I don’t get used to it’.

Did the coalition parties reach an agreement on the Spring Memorandum without consulting their own ministers? At the Council of Ministers, no one wants to say anything about painful measures.

In political The Hague, a discussion has arisen about the way in which PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB presented their agreement on the spring memorandum. Not only the opposition is critical, ministers also have questions. "It is one big chaos", they say. Several ministers have no idea what it means for their budget: have they received more money or will money be taken away, and for which measures? The party leaders Wilders, Yesilgöz, Van Vroonhoven and V…

An agreement on the spring memorandum is within reach, but according to sources it remains stuck on doubts at NSC. Read more on Telegraaf.nl