The Dutch prime minister will have to make compromises across his political agenda to secure the €4.3bn austerity measures needed to keep the country’s 2014 budget deficit within EU limits, opposition leaders vowed.
Leaders of two opposition parties said they would demand softer immigration policy, more money for education, and other changes from prime minister Mark Rutte for their support for more austerity.
The government relies on the votes of the left-liberal D66 and left-leaning Christian Union parties to push its plans through the Dutch upper house, the senate.
Read more: Battle looms over Netherlands budget cuts - FT.com
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