Queen Màxima was wearing the same dress as on Prinsjesdag in 2011. However, she had a different hat this year. The dress is from the Dutch designer Jan Taminiau, of which she has often worn a dress on Prinsjesdag. The dress she was wearing at the throne change in 2013 was also from this designer.
Princess Ariane wore a dress by Victoria Beckham on her first Prinsjesdag. The dress is for sale online for 1,200 euros.
Prior to his speech, Heinen presented the briefcase with the budget and millions memorandum to the Lower House.
In the spring, the government promised to come up with extra plans for nitrogen reduction on Prinsjesdag. But this promise is not fulfilled. Outgoing agricultural minister Femke Wiersma receives 2.6 billion euros from a pot of money that was already reserved for her. The billions go to, among other things, a voluntary buying scheme, nature management and innovation. These measures were already known.
Households can expect a purchasing power increase from average 1.3 percent, but that is mainly due to economic developments and less in policy. Workers get an average of 4.2 percent from their boss. That is more than sufficient to compensate for the inflation of 2.3 percent expected.
Benefits and pensions are also increasing sufficiently to keep up with the increase in the average price level, according to the purchasing power plates of the Ministry of Social Affairs. Furthermore, automatic adjustments in the tax and allowance system ensure that many people get something. The rising health insurance premium has a limited damping effect on purchasing power.
The most important and most expensive purchasing power measure that the outgoing cabinet takes on Prinsjesdag does not reach around a quarter of the households. They do not have a car and therefore do not benefit from the extension of the discount on the fuel batches, which involves 1.7 billion euros.
The outgoing cabinet uses just 1 billion euros from the climate fund to support the construction of wind farms in the North Sea. In recent years it has been possible several times to have new parks built without a subsidy, but that is now in danger of failing. Wind park builders have to deal with higher costs and the demand for green electricity is not growing fast enough, especially due to slow sustainability in the industry.
Various wind farms are therefore delayed. With two new wind farms that will be tendered next year, a subsidy will again be available for developers. They are only paid if energy prices are low and energy companies cannot recoup their costs themselves.
The cabinet is allocating 12 million euros extra for the care of women who can no longer live at home, for example due to domestic violence. The amount is available because municipalities have not spent care money from other budgets. Now they can realize extra reception places for women. The cabinet will still discuss with the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) to ensure that the money is actually used for additional reception places.
In the throne speech, the king was already briefly considering violence against women. “We cannot accept that girls and women do not feel safe on the street.”
The outgoing cabinet is allocating 32 million euros for public transport safety. Of these, 12 million euros is intended for the purchase of bodycams for NS employees. 20 million euros will be available for safety at stations.
With the money for the Bodycams, State Secretary Thierry Aartsen (Infrastructure, VVD) implements an appointment from the coalition agreement concluded last year. A vast majority of the chamber shouted this spring on “everything on everything” to arrange this.
State Secretary Arno Rutte (Justice and Security) will invest an additional 35 million euros in prisons in 2028. That amount amounts to 50 million euros per year from 2031. This money has to reduce the cell deficiency, among other things by opening a youth prison in the Gelderland village of Harreveld.
Last spring, Rutte’s pastor Ingrid Coenradie asked in the cabinet to eliminate 500 million euros a year to eliminate the cell deficiency. To her disappointment, she was not promised in the interim adjustment of the budget. This summer, the House of Representatives met its ministry somewhat by spending 75 million euros to reduce the cell deficiency. This amount was paid from a jar that was actually intended for the creation of a Constitutional Court.
MPs had again chosen their most beautiful clothes for Prinsjesdag. Several MPs also made a statement with their outfit.
The climate goal for 2030 has become virtually unfeasible. New cabinet plans To get closer to the legal goal, have hardly made any difference in the past year.
Furthermore, the cabinet does not pass through any bills. “There is a conclusive budget for you.” Heinen says with pride that there is not now over the night about the budget by now. “That happened without night dishes and remaining apples at the Ministry of Finance.” With that Heinen closes his speech to the Lower House.
The cutbacks on the educational opportunity scheme, with which vulnerable students in secondary education receive more guidance, has been reversed. In the Spring Memorandum, that scheme was canceled, but a majority of the House of Representatives called on the cabinet to reconsider that.
That has happened now. At the same time, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science still has to cut back. It is not yet possible to say what those cutbacks will look like at that ministry.
There are three major tasks that the cabinet has to focus on in the coming year, Heinen continues. One is safety, for which considerably more is invested in defense. It should also not be necessary for women with keys to walk home between their fingers and parents are afraid that their children will no longer come home.
According to the outgoing minister, the other major tasks are the economy and the wallet of middle incomes.
Heinen says he wants to turn the tide and is positive. The economy is growing, he says. “There have never been so many jobs, the national debt is low and purchasing power rises,” he continues.
The outgoing finance minister finds the “eternal sin” that he is now on behalf of a outgoing cabinet. He also emphasizes that it is time to tackle problems.
Since 1946, the Minister of Finance has been presenting the National Budget and Budget Memorandum in a special suitcase. The very first suitcase was bought for (converted) 1.70 euros at a learning trade in The Hague at the time. The inscription “Third Tuesday of September” was applied in letters of gold paper. Gold paint was used for this later.
The current briefcase is a gift from the SDU state printing company on the occasion of its 150th anniversary in 1964. The briefcase actually contains only part of the government budget. The entire budget does not fit in. The House of Representatives president will be presented later to part of the documents.
In 1988, Minister Onno Ruding brought out a miniature suitcase, in which the budget and bill were on microfiche. Eleven years later, Minister Gerrit Zalm brought out a miniature version with the budget on CD-ROM. And Minister Kees de Jager took a tablet from the briefcase in 2012, on which he had put the budget pieces online via a special Prinsjesdagapp.
The most special headwear are pulled out of the closet on Prinsjesdag. Nu.nl has listed the most striking hats in this article.
In this photo you can see the entire royal company from the balcony of the Noordeinde Palace.
The king also expressed the worries about the war in Ukraine, among other things. The outgoing cabinet wants the “bloodshed” to come to an end as quickly as possible. The Netherlands will continue to work for a sustainable peace in Ukraine. Also “everyone wants to put an end” to “the human suffering in Gaza”.
But safety on the street in the Netherlands is also a point of attention. Women, people with a keppeltje or lovers of the same sex still experience a lot of insecurity, says the king.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima during the throne speech.
The king mentions a number of positive developments. For example, four new locations for housing are designated, the fuel excise duty is maintained and purchasing power is moving forward.
Furthermore, Parliament will focus on finishing migration legislation to get a grip on migration, says the king. The recovery operations are also at the top of the priority list, so that, among other things, victims of the surcharge scandal are quickly compensated.
In the speech, the king speaks of polarization. Online, at universities and in The Hague, people are increasingly faced with each other, he says. According to De Koning there is an important role for the cabinet there, because in a democracy “the willingness to reach each other over the differences in an adult way”.
The king speaks of the NATO summit in June in The Hague, which is called historical in the throne speech. Due to the major international changes, it is necessary to greatly increase the defense expenditure.
The king emphasizes that people are mainly concerned with existence. “People want an income with which they reach the end of the month, a safe and trusted living environment and a house for themselves and their children.”
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Crown Princess Amalia just before they got into the glass carriage.
Queen Máxima would wear the same dress as on Prinsjesdag in 2011. The queen regularly puts on a previously worn dress or other outfit, sometimes five times or more often.
Residents of Staphorst have put on traditional clothing for the throne speech.
Troon speech in 1952 for the first time on TV Some Dutch people get up in the middle of the night to stand along the route of the royal procession very early in the morning. Others just follow Prinsjesdag via TV. In 1933 the throne speech could be heard on the radio for the first time. In 1952 people could see the first report about Prinsjesdag on television.
It is the last Prinsjesdag for PVV player Fleur Agema. She announced last month that she is no longer eligible for election. “I have found it a great honor to always be there. It is a day that is unique. I will certainly miss it.” Agema was the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Schoof cabinet.
The royal driving tour is not always going well. In 1963, Princess Beatrix and her sisters Irene and Margriet sat in the Calèche Crème carriage. One of the horses of that carriage went wild on the Lange Voorhout, the street opposite the Koninklijke Schouwburg.
The carriage finally came to a halt against a tree. The damage was limited, but the princesses could not continue the ride. They then joined their parents in the Golden Carriage.
Not always with the carriage towards the throne speech on September 17, 1974, Juliana and Bernhard arrived at the Ridderzaal instead of the Golden Carriage. Due to a hostage campaign in the French embassy, there was no ceremonial display that year. That is why Gala Costumes and Flags were missing on those Prinsjesdag.
On Prinsjesdag in 2020 and 2021, cars were also used due to the Corona Pandemie.
Stoet of four carriages: Amalia with parents, Alexia and Ariane together The Royal Stoet today consists of four carriages. In the first carriage, the Galberline, the King’s General Secretary and a Chamberlain, who comes from another province every year. This year the chamberlain comes from Overijssel. The carriage is pulled by two Frisian horses.
In the second carriage, the Galacoupé, the grandmaster and grandmaster of the Royal House are sitting. This carriage is also drawn by two Frisian horses. This is followed by the third carriage, the GalaGlasberline. Princess Ariane, Princess Alexia, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien are in it. This carriage is drawn by four Frisian horses.
The last carriage is the glass carriage. It contains the king, queen and princess Amalia. The carriage is pulled by eight Frisian horses.
Queen Máxima Wore The Same Dress As On Prinsjesdag in 2011. However, Shey a Different hat this year. The Dress is by Dutch Designer Jan Taminiau, from whom she has or worn a dress on Prinsjesdag. The Dress She was at the inauguration in 2013 was also by this designer.
Princess Ariane Wore a Victoria Beckham Dress on Her First Prinsjesdag. The Dress is for Sale Online for 1,200 euros.
Prior to His Speech, Heinen Presented The Lettercase containing the budget and the Budget Memorandum to the House of Representatives.
In The Spring, The Cabinet Promised To Present Additional Plans for Nitrogen Reduction On Prinsjesdag. But this promise will not be kept. Outgoing Minister of Agriculture Femke Wiersma Will Receive 2.6 Billion Euros from a Pot Of Money That had Already Been Reserved for Her. The Billions Will Go Towards A Voluntary Buy-Out Scheme, Nature Management and Innovation, Among Other Things. These Measures Were Already Known.
Households can Expect An Average Increase in Purchasing Power of 1.3 percent, but this is mainly due to economic development rather than policy. Employees Receive An Average or 4.2 percent from Their Employer. This is more than Enough to compensate for the expected inflation of 2.3 percent.
Benefits and Pensions are also Increasing Sufficiently to Keep Up With the Increase in the Average Price Level, Accordination to the Purchasing Power Figures from the Ministry of Social Affairs. Furthermore, Automatic Adjustments in The Tax and Benefits System Ensure That Many People Receive Something Extra. The Rising Health Insurance Premium Has a Limited Dampening Effect on Purchasing Power.
The Most Important and Expive Purchasing Power Measure That The Outgoing Cabinet is Taking On Prinsjesdag does not Reach About A Quarter Of Households. They do not have a car and therefore do not benefit from the extension of the discount on fuel excise densions, which Involves 1.7 Billion Euros.
The Outgoing Cabinet is Using Just Under 1 Billion Euros from the Climate Fund to Support the Construction of Wind Farms in the North Sea. In recent years, it has bone possible several times to have new parks build without subsidies, but this is now threatening to fail. Wind Farm Builders Are Facing Higher Costs and the Demand for Green Electricity is not Growing Fast Enough, Mainly Due to Slow Sustainability in the Industry.
Several Wind Farms Are Therefore Being Delayed. For Two New Wind Farms That Will Be Tendered Next Year, Subsidies Will Again Be Avarable to Developers. These will only be paid out if energy prices are low and energy companies Cannot Earn Back Their Costs Themselves.
The Cabinet is Allocating An Extra 12 Million Euros for the Shelter of Women who can no longer live at home, for example Due to Domestic Violence. The Amount is available for the Municipalities have not spent care money from other budgets. Now they can realize extra shelter places for women. The Cabinet Will also Talk to the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) to Ensure That The Money Is Actually Used For Extra Shelter Places.
In The Speech from the Throne, The King Letterly Mentioned Violence Against Women. “We Cannot accept that girls and women do not feel safe on the streets.”
The Outgoing Cabinet is Allocating 32 Million Euros for Safety in Public Transport. Or This, 12 Million Euros is Intended for the Purchase of Body Cameras for NS Employees. 20 Million Euros Will Be Showable for Safety at Stations.
With the money for the body cameras, State Secretary Thierry Aartsen (Infrastructure, VVD) is implementing an Agreement from Last Year’s Coalition Agreement. A Large Majority in the House of Representatives Called This Spring To “Do Everything Possible” to Arrange This.
State Secretary Arno Rutte (Justice and Security) is Investing An Extra 35 Million Euros in Prisons in 2028. That Amount Will Increase to 50 Million Euros per year from 2031. This Money Should Reduce the Cell Shortage, Including by Harh.
Last Spring, Rutte’s predecessor Ingrid Coenradie Asked the Cabinet for 500 Million euros per year to eliminate the cell shortage. To her disappointment, she was not promised a single euro in the interim adjustment of the budget. This Summer, the House of Representatives Somewhat accommodated Her Ministry by Spending 75 Million Euros to Reduce the Cell Shortage. This amount was paid from a pot that was actually intended for the establishment of a constitutional court.
Members of Parliament had Again Chosen Their Most Beautiful Clothes For Prinsjesdag. Several Members of Parliament also made a statement with their outfit.
The Climate Target for 2030 has Become Virtualy Unattainable. New Cabinet Plans to Get Closer To The Legal Target Have Made Little Difference Over The Past Year.
Furthermore, The Cabinet is not passing on any bills. “You have a balanced budget before you.” Heinen Says with Slight Pride that the budget has not leg negotiated late into the night. “That happened without midnight dishes and leftover apples at the ministry of finance.” With that, Heinen concludes his speech to the house of representatives.
The Cutbacks on the Education Opportunity Scheme, which provides vulnerable students in Secondary Education with More Guidance, Have Been Reversed. That Scheme was scrapped in The Spring Memorandum, But a Majority of the House of Representatives Called on the Cabinet to Reconsider This.
That has now happened. At the same time, the ministry of education, culture and science still has to make cutbacks. It is not Yet Possible to say Exactly What Those Cutbacks Will Look Like At That Ministry.
There are three major tasks that the cabinet must focus on in the coming year, heinen continues. One of them is security, for which much more is be invested in Defense. It should also not be necessary for women to walk home with keys between their fingers and for parents to be afraid that their children will not come home.
Accordance to the outgoing minister, the other major tasks are the economy and the wallet of middle-income earners.
Heinen says hey to turn the tide and is positive. The economy is growing, he says. “There have never leg so many jobs, the national debt is low and buychasing power is rising,” he continues.
The Outgoing Minister of Finance Thinks IT is A “Terrible Shame” That He is now standing here on Behalf of An Outgoing Cabinet. Hey also Emphasizes that it is time to tackle problems.
Since 1946, The Minister of Finance Has Presented the National Budget and the Budget Memorandum in a Special Lettercase. The Very First Lettercase was Bought for (The Equivalent of) 1.70 euros at a Leather Store in the Hague. The inscription “Third Tuesday of September” was written in Gold Paper Letters. Gold Paint was later used for this.
The Current Briefcase is a gift from the state printer Sdu on the occasion of its 150th anniversary in 1964. The briefcase Actually only contains part of the national budget. The entire budget does not fit in it. Part of the Documents Will Therefore Be Handed Out to the Speaker of the House of Representatives later.
In 1988, minister Onno Ruding produced a miniature letter case containing the budget and note on microfiche. Eleven Years later, minister Gerrit Zalm produced a miniature Version with the budget on CD-ROM. And in 2012, minister Kees de Jager Tok a tablet out of the letter case, on which he had put the budget documents online via a Special Prinsjesdag app.
On Prinsjesdag, the most special headdresses are tasks out of the closet. Nu.nl has listed the most striking hats in this article.
This photo shows the entire royal family from the balcony of the Noordeinde Palace.
The King also Expressed Conn About, Among Other Things, The War in Ukraine. The Outgoing Cabinet Wants To Put An End To The “Bloodshed” As Soon As Possible. The Netherlands Will Continue to Work Towards A Landing Peace in Ukraine. “Everyone also horsen to put an end to” the human suffering in gaza “.
But Safety on the Streets in the Netherlands is also a point of Attention. Women, People with a Kippah or Same-Sex Lovers Still Experience a Lot Of Insecurity, Says The King.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima Duration the Speech from the Throne.
The King Mentions a Number of Positive Developments. For Example, Four New Locations for Housing Construction Are Being Designated, Fuel Excise Duties Will Remain in Place and Purchasing Power Will Increase.
Furthermore, Parliament Will Focus on Completing the Migration Legislation to Gain Control on Migration, Says The King. The recovery operations will also be at the top of the priority list, So That, Among Others, Victims of the Benefits Scandal Will Be Quickly Compensated.
In The Speech from the Throne, The King Speaks About Polariazation. Online, at Universities and in the Hague, People are Increasingly Opposing Each Other, He says. Accordance to the king, the cabinet has an important role to play in this, because in a democracy “the willingness to shake hands with each other in a mature way across the differentences” belongs.
The King Speaks About The Nato Summit In The Hague in June, which is described as historic in the speech from the throne. Due to the Major International Changes, it is Necessary to Significantly Increase Defense Spending.
The King Emphasizes That People Are Mainly Concerned with Security of Existence. “People want an income with which they can make ends meet, a safe and familiar living environment and a home for themelves and their children.”
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Crown Princess Amalia Just Before They Stepped Into The Glass Coach.
Queen Máxima would wear the same dress as on Prinsjesdag in 2011. The Queen Regularly Wears a Dress or Other outfit That She has worn Before, Sometimes Five Times Or More.
Residents of Staphorst Have Put on Traditional Clothing for the Speech from the Throne.
Speech from the throne on TV for the first time in 1952 Some Dutch People get up in the middle of the night to stand along the route of the royal procession very early in the morning. Others Simply Follow Prinsjesdag via TV. In 1933, The Speech from the Throne Could Be Heard on the Radio For The First Time. In 1952, People Could See the First Report About Prinsjesdag on Television.
It is the Last Prinsjesdag for PVV Member Fleur Agema. She Announced Last Month That She is No Longer Standing for Election. “I have found it a great honor to be allowed to be there. It is a unique day. I will definitely miss it.” Agema was the minister of Public Health, Welfare and Sport in The Schoof Cabinet.
Things do not always go well with the royal tour. In 1963, Princess Beatrix and Her Sisters Irene and Margriet Were in the Crème Calèche Carriage. One of the Horses of That Carriage Ran Amok On The Lange Voorhout, The Street Opposite The Koninklijke Schouwburg.
The career possible came to a stop Against a tree. The Damage was Limited, but the Princesses Could Not Continue the Ride. They then Joined Their Parents in the Golden Coach.
Not always by career to the speech from the throne on September 17, 1974, Juliana and Bernhard Arrived at the Ridderzaal by Car Instead of the Golden Coach. Because of a hostage-tie in the French embassy, there was no ceremonial display that year. Therefore, Gala Costumes and Flags Were Missing on That Prinsjesdag.
Cars Were also Used on Prinsjesdag in 2020 and 2021 because of the Corona Pandemic.
Procession of Four Carriages: Amalia with Parents, Alexia and Ariane Together the Royal Procession Today Consists of Four Carriages. The First Carriage, the Galberline, Contains the General Secretary of the King and a Chamberlain, Who Comes from a Different Province Each Year. This year, The Chamberlain Comes from Overijssel. The Carriage is Pulled by Two Frisian Horses.
The Second Carriage, The Galacoupé, Contains the Grand Master and Grand Mistress of the Royal House. This career is also pulled by two Frisian Horses. This is followed by the third carriage, The Galaglasberline. Princess Ariane, Princess Alexia, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien Are in There. This carriage is pulled by four frisian horses.
The Last Carriage is the Glass Coach. This contains the king, Queen and Princess Amalia. The Carriage is Pulled by Eight Frisian Horses.