💬 Opinion 5h ago · Reem Ibrahim

The Dutch Government Has a DOGE-Style Plan To Cut 25,000 Jobs. Will It Work?

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The Dutch Government Has a DOGE-Style Plan To Cut 25,000 Jobs. Will It Work?
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European countries are feeling the fiscal pressure. Eleven out of the 27 E.U. member states had budget deficits of at least 3 percent of GDP last year, breaching the bloc's maximum threshold. One country says it intends to fix its budgetary woes by slashing government jobs.
Last week, the Netherlands announced a plan to cut 25,000 full-time government jobs over the next decade, reducing its public workforce by about 16 percent. The Dutch hope to cut 900 million euros (more than $1 billion) in ce

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