There were times when almost nobody found the spring memorandum interesting. But that is different this year. In The Hague, the spring memorandum of April is already overshadowing the political conversation and a cabinet trap is openly speculated.
In these affairs in The Hague we are talking about that spring memorandum. You can hear from Marko de Haan, Petra de Koning and Liam van de Ven what he already means, what the financial dilemmas are and how the political meaning has changed. And we discuss why it works out very well for some parties that this subject is so high on the agenda.
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- Guests:
- Liam van de Ven, Petra de Koning & Marko de Haan
- Presentation:
- Guus Valk
- Editorial & production:
- Iris Verhulsdonk
- Assembly:
- Pieter Bakker
- Photo:
- Jeroen Jumelet / ANP