Funding cuts for parties and ministers during prolonged political stalemates
Official title: Wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van de wet van 4 juli 1989 betreffende de beperking en de controle van de verkiezingsuitgaven voor de verkiezingen van de Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers, de financiering en de open boekhouding van de politieke partijen met het oog op de beperking van ministerlonen en partijdotaties in periodes van voorlopige twaalfden en lopende zaken.
Status: Parliament is still discussing this proposal, for example in a committee or while waiting for advice. (parliament: ‘Pending in the Chamber’)
In plain language
- If forming a government takes more than six months, party subsidies and ministerial salaries will decrease monthly until reaching a baseline or zero. Furthermore, if no annual budget is approved by January 1, these amounts are immediately halved.
- This bill directly affects political parties as well as caretaker ministers and secretaries of state.
- For you as a citizen, this aims to put financial pressure on politicians to form a government and approve a budget faster, without directly altering your daily routine.
Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.
How parliament voted
Parliament has not voted on this proposal yet.