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Dutch Minority Government Reaches Budget Deal and Drops €1.5 Billion in Welfare Cuts

Prime Minister Rob Jetten’s minority government has agreed on a draft budget that abandons €1.5 billion in planned social-security reductions and delays changes to health-insurance excess charges as it seeks opposition support.
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