Last Tuesday, Dutch just had a traditional festival - Prince's Day (Prinsjesdag). What is Prince's Day? The uncle will give the new milk powder a popular science:
Princess Day is on the third Tuesday of September every year. This is a very important political activity in the Netherlands in the past year. On this day, the Dutch king will take a golden carriage and give speeches with members of the royal family. The finance minister will announce the fiscal budget for the next year, so this day is also called "budget day".
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the Netherlands has not had large-scale parades for two years. This year's Prince's Day has resumed the carriage parade. So what are the highlights of this year's Prince's Day?
Princess Amaria's first prince's day
In addition to King William and Queen Maxima, Princess Amaria also accompanied this year. This is her first time participating in Prince's day. Princess Amaria is the crown prince of the Netherlands. This time she attended Prince's Day, the princess was generous and could not see any nervous or panic.
Under the escort of the majestic royal guards, the king, queen and princess took a golden glass carriage (it is said that the golden carriage is still under restoration), set out from the Paleis Noordeinde, and arrived at the Koninklijke Schouwburg. The three of them kept waving to everyone in the carriage.
Royal members can not be seen every day when they march in carriages. This year, a large number of Dutch people have been squatting at the gate of the palace early in the morning, occupying the best position and taking a glimpse. On this day, major media in the Netherlands will also rush to report, 360-degree live broadcast without blind spots.
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After entering the Theatre, the band played, and the king and queen sat on the throne in the center of the hall. Princess Amalia did not sit on the throne, but sat in the hall - just like her father on the first prince's day in 1985.
Then, King William delivered a State of the Union address (Speech from the Throne), and the statement also broke the record, becoming the longest statement King William has ever read on Princes Day. According to statistics from authoritative Dutch media, there are 2,838 words in this year's announcement, 300 more words than last year. The king fully expressed his importance to people's livelihood issues and his determination to deal with various future challenges in his speech.
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The government officials present then cheered: "Long live the king (Leve de Koning). The speech event of ended, and the royal family returned to the Nurdenburg Palace in a glass carriage and waved to the people on the balcony. People responded enthusiastically with the Dutch flag downstairs, celebrating this grand moment together.
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These policies in the Netherlands will change
After the march of royal members, at around 3:30 pm, the Dutch Finance Minister announced the fiscal budget for the new year, focusing on the people's livelihood issues in the Netherlands.
01
Measures to improve purchasing power
Next year the Cabinet will allocate 17.2 billion euros to improve purchasing power.
minimum wage will increase by 10%, and pensions will also increase accordingly.
By 2023, medical allowance will increase by 412 euros at one time.
Housing subsidies increase by 16.94 euros per month.
parenting allowance has also been increased, which is more beneficial to low-income parents.
02
Tax policy
Personal income tax is reduced, and the annual income will not exceed 70,000 euros will be reduced.
has to pay more money when taking a plane, and the flight tax for each air ticket ranges from 7.95 euros to 26.43 euros.
property tax is reduced accordingly. People with savings of 57,000 euros or less can pay a portion of the property tax.
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03
Reduce energy costs
Temporary reduction of fuel consumption tax will be extended at least until June 1, 2023.
provides emergency funds for those who cannot pay their energy bills, and the cabinet reserved 50 million euros for this.
low-income groups will receive an energy allowance of 1,300 euros.
In order to promote national health, taxes will be increased on soft drinks and tobacco next year.
04
Student welfare
From September 2023, non-resident students will receive a basic subsidy of 165 euros per academic year.
has reserved 1 billion euros to provide better compensation for students who are “not entitled to basic bursaries”.
05
Defense, technology and epidemic situation
D defense expenditure will reach 2% of GDP, about 5 billion euros.
The government will continue to increase investment in the production of sustainable hydrogen energy, offshore wind energy and thermal energy.
2023 will continue to provide funding for the prevention of the new coronavirus.
The Finance Minister has also announced many other policies that benefit the country and the people, and the Dutch people also have their own different views on this.
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The netizen above said: "Specially agrees with the increase in the tobacco tax of soft drinks and tobacco taxes, Many people live an unhealthy life, and taxes on healthy products should be reduced to make daily necessities cheaper, encouragement Everyone buys healthier things."
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This netizen raised the contradiction based on his life experience: Although adopts a more environmentally friendly heating method, the electricity consumption has increased. He paid less gas bills but paid more electricity bills, and in the end he still saved nothing.
We all know that the Netherlands is a country with relatively complete social welfare, but countries will always encounter various challenges in the development of the country, and some policies are also constantly trying to correct them. Can these new policies make the Dutch people happier? The new year is worth looking forward to.
