The Netherlands on the brink of beggars: what does that mean, 350,000 more poor? | Money

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Being poor in the Netherlands is still not as bad as being poor in a third world country, experts emphasize.

Being poor in the Netherlands is still not as bad as being poor in a third world country, experts emphasize.

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The number of poor in the Netherlands will rise by 350,000 this year and next, seven times a sold-out Kuip at a Feyenoord football match, warns the Central Planning Bureau. But when are you actually poor in this country? And what can you still afford, and what not?

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