“The outgoing Dutch government is allocating an additional 700 million euros to support Ukraine in 2026.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European truth” with reference to NOS
Details: It is noted that the allocation of additional funds for Ukraine became possible because other ministries will not be able to spend them until the end of this year.
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Money for Ukraine will be taken, among other things, from the Defense Equipment Budget Fund and the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where projects have been postponed.
The Netherlands annually allocates about 3.5 billion euros in aid to Ukraine. But this year, 2 billion have already been spent from the budget for next year. Therefore, the “Green Left – Labor Party” alliance made a proposal to replenish the budget for 2026.
The decision on 700 million euros to support Ukraine was made as a reaction to this proposal.
At the beginning of next year, the government will consider where to get the rest of the money.
At the same time, in a letter to the parliament, the ministers of defense, finance and foreign affairs also warn that it will be difficult to find additional funds in the budget next year: “The financial reality is that next year we will face restrictions.”
At the end of November, during a debate, Prime Minister Dick Schoof, who is retiring, said that he does not see the point in allocating additional billions for Ukraine right now.
He believes that other countries, especially southern European ones, should increase their support.
This caused dissatisfaction in the parliament. The Cabinet of Ministers was accused of governing with an accounting approach.
Schoof called this term “absolutely inappropriate”, in particular because the Netherlands provides significant aid to Ukraine. However, under the pressure of the majority in the parliament, the prime minister relented and promised to study the possibility of implementing this proposal, but at the same time remained with his opinion that now is not the right moment.
Prehistory:
- Recently, the Netherlands announced 35 million euros of funding for various material support, which will help the defense forces of Ukraine to get through the winter.
- In addition, the Netherlands contributed 250 million euros for the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine within the framework of the NATO initiative.