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The Dutch minority cabinet is finding support for parts of its tax plan. But a majority in the Tweede Kamer may not carry the full package through the Senate. Can separate concessions become an agreement parties will defend and implement?
The Netherlands wants to tax more investment gains when they are realised, but that shift can delay revenue. As Parliament moves to protect modest savers, the box 3 debate turns to a harder question: which measures can credibly fund the reform?
The Netherlands’ 2027 budget has become more than a fiscal plan. Governing Without a Majority follows how a minority government seeks parliamentary support through negotiation, concession and institutional compromise — and asks whether enough separate agreements can still produce a coherent national budget.
The Netherlands’ 2027 budget promises investment in the future while a minority government negotiates support in the present. As reforms are delayed and spending rises, the central question is who will ultimately pay for the choices postponed today.
Italy’s CDP shows how household savings can become long-term strategic capital. But its scale also exposes Europe’s deeper challenge: connecting powerful national investment institutions without allowing capital, priorities and productive capacity to remain trapped within national borders.
