2023-04-17 18:19:09
State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen (Infrastructure) and Ministers Hugo de Jonge (Housing), Carola Schouten (Poverty Policy), Hanke Bruins-Slot (Interior Affairs), Micky Adriaansens (Economic Affairs) and Karien van Gennip (Social Affairs) will also be present at the meeting. . The government is currently working on a response to the parliamentary inquiry into gas extraction in Groningen and the resulting earthquake problem.
Groningen administrators previously demanded 30 billion euros in investments over a long period. On behalf of the region, King’s Commissioner René Paas and chairman Johan Remkes of the National Program Groningen, among others, will join the conversation. Mayor Koen Schuiling of the city of Groningen is also present.
Cabinet response
The responsible Ministry of Economic Affairs emphasizes that this is one of the talks that the government is having with the region in the run-up to the government’s response to the survey report. Yet it is unusual for such a large delegation from the cabinet to be present at such a meeting.
Next month, the cabinet will probably issue a response to the very hard report of the committee of inquiry. In addition to speeding up and simplifying the handling of earthquake damage and strengthening houses, the cabinet will have to come up with plans to pay off the debt of honor owed to Groningen. There must also be more prospects for the region, and investments must be made in the living environment. The cabinet is now working on this behind the scenes in the run-up to the spring memorandum, in which the cabinet announces changes to the budget.
Last week, the House of Representatives spoke to the committee of inquiry about its report, in which the committee finds that the interests of Groningen residents have been subordinated to gas extraction for years. The parties expressed themselves extremely critically about the actions of the cabinet and the oil companies in the Groningen gas dossier. A large majority embraces the firm conclusions of the committee. After the May holiday of parliament, the House will debate with the cabinet, and the cabinet will come up with its own response.
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