Cuts the government is planning to make on spending on the security services will affect national security, home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the presentation of the AIVD's annual report, Plasterk said he had round ways to cut €25m from the department's budget. But it will be tricky to find a further €50m, the minister told reporters.
Asked if this would have a negative effect on national security, Plasterk said: 'You cannot remove a third of the budget without affecting security. It remains to be seen by how much, but that is what we have to study carefully.'
It could mean that the monitoring of left and right-wing radical groups in the Netherlands is stopped and that spending on IT, legal services and building security is reduced.
Note EU-Digest: quite simple your excellency Mr. Plasterksaid a member of the opposition - " cancel the purchases of the F35 and get completely out of Afghanistan".
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