Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten is holding emergency talks to save his coalition after a fight over a proposed tax increase pushed the government toward collapse. The plan would tax annual investment returns above €60,000 at 38.5%, while lowering the rate on returns below that threshold to 35.5%, down from the current flat 36%.
Jetten’s D66 party and the Christian Democrats struck a deal with left-wing opposition parties to pass the changes, bypassing coalition partner VVD. The VVD voted against its own government’s tax plan, which passed the lower house just 76–74. Its leader says the party must reconsider its position. The bill still needs Senate approval.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/11/coalition-in-crisis-as-tax-plan-passes-without-vvd-support/
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