With a caretaker cabinet from which PVV and NSC Have stepped out, and new elections on the horizon, the circumstances on budget day this year are special. Does that make budget day differentent than normal? Our Political Reporter Edo van der Goot Answers Your Questions.
Elections are in a month, after which a new cabinet with new plans will come. How much value should we attach to the budget that the caretaker cabinet presents on budget day?
“It will be a quiet budget day. Although This Cabinet is setting the Stage for the Policy for 2026, Another House of Representatives Will Vote On It After The Elections when all budgets discussed per Ministry.
NSC was in the Caretaker Cabinet Until the Summer. Have ministers from that party contributed to the king’s speech and the budget memorandum?
“The Budget Memorandum is prepared long in Advance. The Cabinet Starts with the first outlines of the budget for the following year in the spring. The closer you get to budget day, the more the cabinet can fill it.”
“The ministers from NSC and PVV Certainly Have Their Fingerprints on the budget memorandum. If only because the budget for next year is also partly based on the coalition agreement of the old coalition parties PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB.”
“On the other hand, there is also a fear in the House that the VVD and BBB are coloring the policy too much. From the opposition, it was heard during the debate about the second cabinet fall that you cannot continue full steam ahead with a shaky base of only 32 seats. It is therefore a policy-poor budget with Few New, Major Plans. “
Can the vvd and bb use the king’s speech and budget memorandum as a campaign moment?
“That has always been the case. It is always a success story of the government. Every minister contributes to the King’s Speech. Weeks in advance, ministers are asked what they want in it: that can be any piece of policy. In the last weeks, the King’s Speech is more or less ready, but the ministers of the BBB and VVD can still give it their own twist. “
Ministers Write The King’s Speech and the King Delivers It. Is the role of the king greater now that the cabinet is caretaker?
“That is difficult to say. Then -Prime Minister Mark Rutte Never Really Said Anything about that. The Prime Minister Has Weekly Contact With The King – And Formerly The Queen – But What Is Discussed and to What Extent The Head of State Co -Weter’s Speech is Never Tere Spec Ever is, I Cannot Say. “
After Budget Day, the General Political Debates Follow on Wednesday and Thorsday. Will Those Look Different Now That Is A Cabinet with Only Limited Support in the House of Representatives?
“In a normal situation, the general debates are the most important debate of the year. Parties have bone preparation for them since the summer. What will the text be? Where do you put the emphasis?”
“The general Debates also beeCome a campaign debate just before elections. It is interesting to see which parties are working together and how party leaders react to each other. How Will the Interaction Between Dilan Yesilgöz of The Vvd and French Turns-Pvdvda? Other and Almost Exclude Each Other As Coalition Partners.
“And what will the cda do? In The Polls, The Party Has Become an Important Factor. Party Leader Henri Bontenbal is Being Pulled from Both the Left and the Right. But it May Well Be that they Remain on the Surface. Becoaus Besty Bespicuouly for some time. “