Relief, joy, disappointment and resignation. The emotions in the fall of the cabinet shove on Tuesday. In the meantime, Brabant politics fear more standstill. Now that Geert Wilders is withdrawing the support of his PVV for the cabinet, the solutions for housing, farmers, nature, asylum reception and all other problems in Brabant do not seem closer after more than three hundred days.
“The social issues and challenges we stand for, such as housing, the nitrogen crisis and the energy transition, are great,” says King’s Commissioner in Brabant Ina Adema on behalf of the Interprovincial Consultation (IPO). “That requires sharp choices and determination. Stagnation is not an option.”
“It is really irresponsible that the cabinet has fallen with super large challenges during this time,” also says Roel Gremmen, party leader of the VVD in the Provincial States. “In the worst case, The Hague will be locked for a year, while as a province we need help.”
Gremmen was more often critical of the cabinet that did not deliver. “But lately things started, such as Defense.” He fears what the stopping of files means, for example for the implementation of the so -called Beethoven deal in the Brainport region, the extra money from The Hague intended to support the rapid growth of the region.
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At the same time, Gremmen does not want to despair too much. “We have succeeded in creating stability in Brabant,” he says. “We have to keep that, we have to continue with the things we do well.” There may be something to learn from the province in The Hague where not so long ago there was unrest after a right adventure.
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One of the first actions of the cabinet Schoof was the elimination of 24 billion euros for provinces to get started with plans to achieve goals for nitrogen, biodiversity and water quality. The provinces had been working on this for two years. It was typical of the uncertainty that the cabinet caused. Agricultural Minister Femke Wiersma (BBB) has recently worked on new plans. It is not certain what is happening with that now.
“It is really important that there will be clarity and perspective for farmers in the foreseeable future,” says a spokesperson for the farming interest organization ZLTO. “The fall of the cabinet slows that alone, this is not a good step.”