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Wednesday, Nov 04, 2026
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National Student Union Condemns Government as Interest Rate Caps on Study Debt Are Declared Unaffordable

The Dutch national student union has issued fierce condemnations of the cabinet following statements by the education minister declaring that placing a strict cap on study debt interest rates is financially impossible. The political refusal to freeze escalating student loan costs threatens to severely hamstring the financial mobility and home-buying capacity of an entire generation of young Dutch professionals.
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