An influential group of officials is advising a coming administration to cut 7 billion euros to keep public finances healthy. In doing so, they are deliberately shifting part of the problem of aging to the future. Is that wise?
In just a few years, Invest-NL has become a crucial financier of ambitious young tech companies. But the House of Representatives, the business community, civil servants and the outgoing cabinet each have their plans to overhaul the public institution. Will that go well?
Shortly after each other, two plans for "AI factories" came in late June: one in Groningen and a "gigafactory" around Rotterdam. What do these plans entail? And how realistic are they? Eight questions and answers about these AI data centers....
In one week, both the CO2 tax and the customization agreements for industry came under threat. What does it mean for the future of industry in the Netherlands that even the two most well thought out plans from The Hague turn out not to work?....
The Netherlands has the largest chip industry in Europe. That industry will grow very rapidly in the coming years. The Netherlands faces a choice: will it make room for this growth, or will it let the sector wither away?
Did housing construction really stand still under the short Schoof administration, as the opposition claims? Jurgen Tiekstra looked beyond the political theater and delved into the numbers....