VVD questions coalition future over tax amendment
VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz says her party is unsure whether it can remain in the Dutch governing coalition if D66 and the CDA support a tax amendment from opposition parties PRO and Volt.
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Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz says the VVD is unsure whether it can remain in the governing coalition if D66 and the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) back a tax amendment from opposition parties PRO and Volt.
After hours of talks, Yeşilgöz said the proposed deal ran counter to the coalition agreement and that the VVD had been “taken by surprise”. Her warning comes as the coalition parties disagree over a proposal to shift taxes from work towards wealth.
D66 and the CDA have agreed to support a scaled-down version of the proposal, which would move €1 billion in tax burdens from work to wealth. Its passage in parliament remains uncertain. The coalition parties’ agreement to back the revised proposal has not resolved the dispute with the VVD.
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