Why Spain and Poland are doing better than the Netherlands
The protracted sale of Tennet Germany will take even longer. On Monday, outgoing Minister of Finance Eelco Heinen announced that he is taking more time to choose between two options: a private sale to private investors, or an IPO. Until recently, bankers estimated the chance of a sale to be the greatest, but now sentiment has turned towards a possible listing of the German subsidiary. Energy editor Eva Rooijers explains why.
The Netherlands used to consistently hold a top 5 position in the list of EU countries with an attractive investment climate. That time is over. This year, the Netherlands has dropped to tenth place, according to research by consultancy firm EY. The number of foreign investments fell much faster than in Europe as a whole. What is going wrong? And why are things going well in Spain and Poland? We ask our macroeconomics editor Marijn Jongsma.
On Wednesday, European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra will present the European climate target for 2040, which has been a hot topic for some time. Countries such as Germany and Poland protested earlier and now the French are also threatening to get in the way. We discuss with our correspondent in Brussels, Mathijs Schiffers, why the new climate target is so important and how Hoekstra is trying to get the member states on board.
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