{"id":199605,"date":"2026-09-25T10:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=199605"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:38:42","slug":"na-tweede-tegemoetkoming-pechstudenten-moet-het-afgelopen-zijn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/25\/na-tweede-tegemoetkoming-pechstudenten-moet-het-afgelopen-zijn\/","title":{"rendered":"After a second compensation payment, that must be it for students who missed out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One more compensation payment for the unlucky students who missed out on the basic grant between 2015 and 2023, and then it’s over. That was the message from several parties who debated the issue in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students during the compensation protest in The Hague in 2022.<\/p>

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Students who were studying under the loan system will receive a second compensation payment<\/a> next year of 44,50 euros for each month in which they missed out on the basic grant. For a four-year degree, that amounts to more than 2,100 euros. This is on top of an earlier payment of almost 1,700 euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is a second payment really necessary? Or is it still not enough? That was the subject of a debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abolished<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The basic grant was abolished in September 2015 and reinstated eight years later. Politicians thought this was ‘bitter’ for the students caught in between, so compensation was introduced soon afterwards. And now there will be another payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first compensation payment cost around one billion euros, and the government will spend 1.4 billion euros on the second. The government believes the matter should be put to rest after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bill for a second compensation payment was, incidentally, drawn up by the previous<\/em> government, made up of the PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB. The current coalition parties (D66, CDA and VVD) have taken it over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No compensation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The payment doesn’t fully compensate students, particularly those who lived away from home for the whole duration of their studies. The Socialist Party and DENK still think it’s not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others take the opposite view. JA21 and Group Markuszower think it’s a lot of money. They point out that everyone will receive compensation, including those ‘who may have a huge salary and have incurred no debt at all’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They refer to the criticism<\/a> from the Council of State, which saw no need for compensation. The loan system was not that bad, the government’s advisers said, and it remains to be seen whether this will really bring the debate over compensation for students who missed out to a close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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