Rutte confirms: no 500 euros extra for poor families

Rutte swears that the cabinet has looked “very seriously” at all proposals from the opposition for further purchasing power repair. But implementing organizations have indicated that they would not be able to handle any more changes in a current year. The payment of regular benefits and allowances could even be at risk, according to the Prime Minister.

He said that it will be looked into how these households can be helped extra next year. He also pointed out that the cabinet is already allocating more than 6 billion euros this year to compensate people for the increased costs of energy, fuel and groceries. That amount of income support and tax relief is among the highest in Europe, according to Rutte.

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