Politics · Netherlands · 11 hrs ago
Dutch MPs want €40m a year redirected after student loan rate cap is dropped
The promised cap on interest for student loans has been dropped in the Netherlands.
The cap would have limited the interest charged on students’ debts.
A parliamentary majority wants to redirect €40 million a year that had been set aside for the cap.
The money would instead go to other education goals, with vocational students among those highlighted.
D66 proposed the change in a motion signed by the VVD, CDA, JA21 and Christian Union parties.
The motion calls for the reserved money to be used differently, but the information available does not say whether it has been adopted.
A majority in the Dutch parliament wants €40 million a year set aside for a student-loan interest cap to be spent on other education goals.
The interest cap on student debt has been definitively dropped.
D66 submitted a motion proposing the change, according to RTL Nieuws.
The motion was also signed by MPs from the VVD, CDA, JA21 and Christian Union.
RTL Nieuws reported that the money could be used for vocational education students.
- Who
- A majority in the Dutch parliament; D66 submitted the motion.
- What
- MPs want €40 million a year redirected to other education goals after a student-loan interest cap was dropped.
- When
- RTL Nieuws published its report on 29 October 2026.
- Where
- The Netherlands.
- Why
- The promised cap on student-loan interest was definitively dropped, and MPs want the reserved money used for other education goals.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The parliamentary majority sought to redirect the reserved €40 million a year to other education goals.
RTL Nieuws reported on a D66 motion signed by MPs from four other parties.
- Annual amount
- €40 million
- Motion submitted by
- D66
- Other signatories
- VVD, CDA, JA21 and the Christian Union
- Interest cap status
- Definitively dropped