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Ministers’ budgets do not yet set out a clear path to future results
This year, the draft departmental budgets comprise €516.8 billion in expenditure and €481.2 billion in revenue. Each year, the ...
Read moreFew results in 2025; long-term goals out of sight
The Dutch government failed to reach many of its short-term goals in 2025. Many long-term goals are out of sight. The government ...
Read moreImprovement of the audit framework
The Netherlands Court of Auditors sent a letter to the Senate on 11 December 2025 with its response to developments in the audit ...
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Information on tax revenues too limited for parliamentary scrutiny
Parliament receives too little information on tax revenues to scrutinise the government effectively. Annual tax revenues (€301.6 ...
Read moreSupervision and enforcement: slipping through the net
On 14 October 2025 the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) and the Netherlands Court of Audit will host a symposium to ...
Read moreCentral government budgets provide incomplete basis for parliamentary decision-making
Lack of insight into central government objectives and risks In the week before the General Financial Debate in the House of ...
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