Ministers complete opposition party tour ahead of spring financial update

Prime minister Mark Rutte and finance minister Sigrid Kaag on Wednesday completed their first round of informal talks with all the opposition parties, looking for support for their spring mini budget. The cabinet needs the backing of the opposition to get more controversial measures through the senate, where it only controls 32 seats, six short of a majority. Rutte and Kaag had presented their tour of opposition parties as a ‘tangible expression’ of the new open government culture yet ‘the...