{"id":196938,"date":"2026-03-25T15:16:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/25\/tweede-kamer-akkoord-met-onderwijsbezuinigingen-voor-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:41:09","slug":"tweede-kamer-akkoord-met-onderwijsbezuinigingen-voor-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/25\/tweede-kamer-akkoord-met-onderwijsbezuinigingen-voor-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Representatives agrees to education cuts for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">On Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved the budget of the Ministry of Education, including the cuts by the Schoof cabinet for 2026. The only notable change: animal testing on monkeys is suddenly allowed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/transparant__bezuinigingen-budget-cut-geld-knippen-korten-illu_Eva-Gombar-Krishnan-1600x1067.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/transparant__bezuinigingen-budget-cut-geld-knippen-korten-illu_Eva-Gombar-Krishnan-1600x1067.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1774349568 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/transparant__bezuinigingen-budget-cut-geld-knippen-korten-illu_Eva-Gombar-Krishnan-875x583.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1774349568 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/transparant__bezuinigingen-budget-cut-geld-knippen-korten-illu_Eva-Gombar-Krishnan-300x200.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1774349568 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/transparant__bezuinigingen-budget-cut-geld-knippen-korten-illu_Eva-Gombar-Krishnan-1280x854.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1774349568 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/transparant__bezuinigingen-budget-cut-geld-knippen-korten-illu_Eva-Gombar-Krishnan-1536x1024.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1774349568 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/transparant__bezuinigingen-budget-cut-geld-knippen-korten-illu_Eva-Gombar-Krishnan-2048x1366.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1774349568 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/eva-gombar-krishnan\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Eva Gomb\u00e1r-Krishnan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new coalition will reverse the education cuts of the previous cabinet, D66, VVD and CDA have agreed together. Rob Jetten said he was proud of it, the D66 leader said at the presentation of the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this will only happen next year. The cuts for 2026 will go ahead as planned. The largest opposition party, GroenLinks-PvdA, attempted to scrap the cuts for this calendar year as well and submitted an amendment to the OCW budget. That amendment was rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GroenLinks-PvdA therefore ultimately voted against the education budget. The minority cabinet, however, received support from, among others, the smaller Christian parties, JA21, PVV and the seven breakaway PVV members (Markuszower group).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BBB also voted in favour. This is important for support in the Senate, where BBB, with twelve of the 75 seats, remains a powerful party. The education budget is therefore no longer at risk there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Monkeys<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Notable is an adopted VVD amendment that again makes animal testing on monkeys possible. At the initiative of the Party for the Animals, the budget for tests on monkeys at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre was to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partijvoordedieren.nl\/moties\/amendement-kostic-c-s-over-snelle-afbouw-dierproeven-op-apen\" id=\"https:\/\/www.partijvoordedieren.nl\/moties\/amendement-kostic-c-s-over-snelle-afbouw-dierproeven-op-apen\">phased out<\/a>. The money was to go to animal-free alternatives. That proposal was adopted last year by a narrow majority of one vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But after the elections, the balance of power has changed. The House of Representatives is reversing this decision. Tests on monkeys therefore do not have to disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ukraine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>More proposals were put forward that were rejected. What about the tuition fees of Ukrainian young people studying here, for example? If a German or a Swiss student comes to study here, they pay the standard tuition fee of about 2,600 euros. But Ukraine is not part of the European Economic Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officially, Ukrainians here have to pay the higher \u2018institutional fee\u2019 of around ten to twenty thousand euros per year. Because of the war, universities and universities of applied sciences initially did not charge this fee, but most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoday.nl\/news\/75856\/korting-voor-oekraiense-eerstejaars-bijna-overal-verdwenen\" id=\"https:\/\/www.utoday.nl\/news\/75856\/korting-voor-oekraiense-eerstejaars-bijna-overal-verdwenen\">stopped<\/a> this discount because the cabinet did not want to reimburse the costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new coalition is considering changing this policy, but it has not yet done so. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweedekamer.nl\/kamerstukken\/amendementen\/detail?id=2026Z05908&amp;did=2026D13423\" id=\"https:\/\/www.tweedekamer.nl\/kamerstukken\/amendementen\/detail?id=2026Z05908&amp;did=2026D13423\">attempt<\/a> by GroenLinks-PvdA to already support Ukrainian young people in the coming academic year has been rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits scandal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The SP had proposed setting aside money for the student debts of children whose parents are affected by the benefits scandal. These children often helped their parents by borrowing extra from DUO. Recently, children\u2019s ombudsmen have raised the alarm about the student debts that have arisen as a result, but the cabinet is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxweb.nl\/nieuws\/toeslagenaffaire-ook-nieuw-kabinet-wimpelt-kinderombudsmannen-weg\" id=\"https:\/\/www.voxweb.nl\/nieuws\/toeslagenaffaire-ook-nieuw-kabinet-wimpelt-kinderombudsmannen-weg\">holding back<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And a majority in the House of Representatives also has no intention of compensating these student debts. The SP proposed compensating these debts with money that is still unused in the recovery of the benefits scandal, but that proposal has been rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved the budget of the Ministry of Education, including the cuts by the Schoof cabinet for 2026. The only notable change: animal testing on monkeys is suddenly allowed again. 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