Dear reader,
the meetings held in 'Catshuis' in order to agree on a budget 2013 broke down. After almost 7 weeks Mr Wilders (PVV party) left the negotiations because he wanted to protect pensioners from cuts in coming years. (he said so) So although it's uncertain what happens next (new elections in July or September it seems) the Dutch institute that provided that crucial economic forecast for the government (led by PM Rutte (VVD)) published its findings, which led to the breakdown of those austerity negotiations : (according to Mr Wilders)
CPB data official website (via @CentraalPB) About CPB (eng)
alternative website (mirror by Dutch public TV, if CPB website is down again)
(via @rietbergen)(pdf, Dutch, 8 pages)
CPB: moderate economic recovery after 2012 (eng)
complete report pdf, Dutch, 138 pages
Calculations of proposed measures of various Dutch parties:
green-left , PvdA (Labor) , D'66 (center left), Christian union
(all in Dutch, April 26th)
The Netherlands: 8 charts on economy 2007 - 2012 (by Scott Barber/Reuters)
Some more info on breakdown of dutch cabinet
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A translation of the Dutch PM Rutte's statement on the failure of austerity talks will be available here later.
Dutch PM to announce cabinet resignation -sources
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Last update: Apr 29th, 1606 CET
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